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Introduction
PART ONE: The History of Sexuality
1. Theoretical Sexology
The Development of the Field
Social Constructionism (with a Glance at Gender Disorders)
Other Threads in the Multidisciplinary Tapestry
2. Autres Temps, Autres Moeurs
The History of Western Sexual Mores
The Sexual Mores of Non-Western Cultures
3. Sexuality and Law
PART TWO: A Theory of Sexuality
4. The Biology of Sex
The Biological Basis and Character of "Normal" Sex
The Biology of "Deviant" Sex
Conclusion and Critique
5. Sex and Rationality
The Benefits of Sex
The Costs of Sex
Complementarity of Sexual Practices
6. The History of Sexuality from the Perspective of Economics
Greek Love and the Institutionalization of Pederasty
Monasticism, Puritanism, and Christian Sex Ethics
Swedish Permissiveness
Three Stages in the Evolution of Sexual Morality
7. Optimal Regulation of Sexuality
The Model of Morally Indifferent Sex Elaborated
The Externalities of Sex
Incest and Revulsion
The Efficacy of Sexual Regulations
Designing an Optimal Punishment Scheme for Sex Crimes
The Political Economy of Sexual Regulation
8. Moral Theories of Sexuality
Are Moral Theories Falsifiable?
Christian and Liberal Theories of Sex
Sexual Radicals
PART THREE: The Regulation of Sexuality
9. Marriage and the Channeling of Sex
Restrictions on Marrying
Regulating Nonmarital Sex
10. The Control of Pregnancy
Contraception
Abortion
11. Homosexuality: The Policy Questions
The Phenomenon Reconsidered
Relations between Consenting Adults: Sodomy Laws and Homosexual Marriage
Discrimination against Homosexuals, with Particular Reference to Military Service
12. The Sexual Revolution in the Courts
From Griswold v. Connecticut to Roe v. Wade
Bowers v. Hardwick and Beyond
13. Erotic Art, Pornography, and Nudity
The Economy of Erotic Representation
The Social Consequences of Pornography
Deciding What-If Anything-to Punish
14. Coercive Sex
Sexual Abuse of Adults
Sexual Abuse of Children
15. Separating Reproduction from Sex
Adoption
Artificial Insemination and the Issue of Surrogate Motherhood
Eugenics and Population
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Index
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Shana Gingerich
reviewed Sex and reason on March 13, 2008 Sex and reason
The author Judge Richard Posner is one of the finest legal minds in America. This is a multi discipline review of how ancient and modern societies view sexual practices normatively and legally. It is a bit academic with extensive footnotes and bibliography, but is a facinating discussion. The breadth of sexual practices and customs demonstrate that sexual attitudes within a society are the product of environmental and economic pressures that are given expression through the law, religion and social convention. The varied human sexual experience demonstrates that what is biologically a simple act is extremely complicated because of man's ability to enjoy sex for reasons other than procreation and therefore there are few if any universal norms.
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