Love and Love Sickness: The Science of Sex, Gender Difference, and Pairbonding

Money, John William; John William Money

ISBN 10: 080182317X / ISBN 13: 9780801823176

Editore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD and London, 1980

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256 pp. Flawless book. Dj shows minimal wear. Includes book review placed by previous owner.

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• Titolo: Love and Love Sickness: The Science of Sex, Gender Difference, and Pairbonding
• Editore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD and London
• Data di pubblicazione: 1980
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 080182317X
• ISBN 13: 9780801823176
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Disegnatore: Sally Hopkins (Jacket Illustration); Susan Bishop (Design)
• Condizione: Like New
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: Very Good
• Cataloghi dei venditori:
  • Gender Studies
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Social Studies & Sciences, Sociology, Social Work

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Riassunto

Until recently, the study of sex roles, sexual behavior, and the differences between the sexes came under the aegis of such disciplines as psychiatry, sociology, or medicine. Love and Love Sickness lays the groundwork for an emerging, independent area of study, that of sexology. It is the newest, most provocative work yet from John Money, a medical psychologist whose distinguished contributions to sex research have gained him an international reputation.

Money leads the reader through a fascinating array of topics relating to differences between the sexes, from, as he says, "making a baby to learning mathematics." Among his subjects are the behavior of the sexes as seen throughout history; irreducible, derivative, and arbitrary sex roles; how men and women differ in aggression and dominance, parenting, and in mathematical, verbal, and praxic reasoning ; principles of erotic sexuality; the pathology of love; sexual taboos in Western culture; pornography; and, in an appendix, the treatment of sex offenders.

Drawing upon history, ethnology, psychology, sociology, and law, as well as physiology, endocrinology, embryology, genetics, and host of other fields, Money proposes a new basis for understanding sexual behavior. He rejects the older analytic devices of motivation theory and the dichotomies of mind/body and nature/nurture to offer instead a theory that acknowledges a number of variables contributing to individual and collective behavior.

Professionals and students in sex education, mental health, psychiatry, and clinical psychology, human biology, and counseling will find Love and Love Sickness, like all of John Money's work, necessary reading. It is also a book for the educated layperson, who will find it replete with insights into the realm of human sexuality.

Informazioni sull'autore

John Money is professor of medical psychology, associate professor of pediatrics, and director of the Psycho-hormonal Research Unit at The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. He is the author or editor of fourteen books.