Gender and Sexuality : Selling Sex in the Market

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Gender, sexuality, and HIV/AIDS: the what, the why, and the how. 3. Categories of gender and sexuality: relationship between language and the formation of non heteronormative identifies. 4. A postcolonial scene: on girls\' sexuality. 5. Human rights violations against sexuality minorities in India. 6. Mainstream psychological approaches to gender and sexuality. 7. Women: feminism, sexuality, and equality in the work place. 8. Cyber sex: sexuality, youth, and cyber space. 9. Family and gender roles: how attitudes are changing. 10. Sex and the city: perpetual adolescence gendered feminine? 11. The selling of gender identity. 12. Sex differences in perceptions of sexual harassment. 13. Gender differences in communication regarding sexual matters. 14. Sexual abuse, family environment, and psychological symptoms. Bibliography. Index.

Sexuality is a central aspect of being human throughout life and encompasses sex, gender identities and roles, sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction. Sexuality is experienced and expressed in thoughts, fantasies destres, beliefs, attitudes, values, behaviours, practices, roles and relationships. While sexuality can include all of these dimensions, not all of them are always experienced or expressed. Sexuality is influenced by the interaction of biological, psychological, social, economic, political, cultural, ethical, legal, historical, religious and spiritual factors. (jacket)