TY - BOOK AU - Abramson,Paul R. AU - Pinkerton,Steven D. TI - With pleasure: thoughts on the nature of human sexuality SN - 1423740556 AV - HQ23 .A25 1995eb U1 - 306.7 22 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Sex KW - Sexual excitement KW - Pleasure KW - Sex (Biology) KW - Evolution (Biology) KW - Biological Evolution KW - Sexual Behavior KW - Sexualité KW - Excitation sexuelle KW - Plaisir KW - Sexualité (Biologie) KW - Évolution (Biologie) KW - sexuality KW - aat KW - eroticism KW - evolution KW - sex (biological characteristic) KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - Human Sexuality KW - bisacsh KW - SELF-HELP KW - Sexual Instruction KW - fast KW - Sexual relationships N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-286) and index; 1. Introduction; 2. Sex as Procreation: Is That All There Is?; 3. The Regulation and Marketing of Sexual Pleasure; 4. The Biology of Sexual Pleasure; 5. The Psychology of Sexual Pleasure; 6. AIDS: The End of Pleasure?; 7. Porn: Tempest on a Soapbox; Epilogue: The Future of Sex; Appendix A: Contextual Glossary for Chapter 4; Appendix B: Mathematical Models of HIV Transmission; Notes; References; Index N2 - This study argues that human sexuality cannot be understood if its significance is limited to reproduction alone. The authors define sexual pleasure as a unifying phenomenon to account for the practices of sexuality. They show that reproduction itself occurs as a by-product of pleasure UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=143888 ER -