Sex, cells, and same-sex desire : the biology of sexual preference /

Sex, cells, and same-sex desire : the biology of sexual preference describes, reviews, and questions recent biological research on sexual preference. Based on the point of view of knowledgeable scientists as well as scholars in the social sciences and humanities, these essays place the biological re...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: De Cecco, John P. (Editor), Parker, David Allen (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Haworth Press, [1995]
Series:Journal of homosexuality ; v. 28, no. 1/2, 3/4.
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Table of Contents:
  • The biology of homosexuality : sexual orientation or sexual preference? / John P. De Cecco, David Allen Parker
  • On the history of biological theories of homosexuality / Rainer Herrn
  • Homosexuality, biology, and ideology / Günter Haumann
  • Female or male : the classification of homosexuality and gender / Nelly Oudshoorn
  • A critique of the possibility of genetic inheritance of homosexual orientation / James D. Haynes
  • Is homosexuality genetic? : a critical review and some suggestions / Terry R. McGuire
  • Wilson's Panchreston : the inclusive fitness hypothesis of sociobiology re-examined / Mildred Dickemann
  • Sexual preference and altruism / Debra Salais, Robert B. Fischer
  • Biological research on sexual orientation : a critique of the critics / James D. Weinrich
  • Animal models for the development of human sexuality : a critical evaluation / Anne Fausto-Sterling
  • Biomedical concepts of homosexuality : folk belief in a white coat / Louis J.G. Gooren
  • Hormones and sexual orientation : a questionable link / Amy Banks, Nanette K. Gartrell
  • Does peace prevent homosexuality? / Gunter Schmidt, Ulrich Clement
  • Brain research, gender, and sexual orientation / D.F. Swaab, L.J.G. Gooren, M.A. Hofman
  • Science and belief : psychobiological research on sexual orientation / William Byne
  • Sexuality in the brain / Ruth G. Doell
  • Biology of bisexuality : critique and observations / Paul H. Van Wyk, Chrisann S. Geist
  • Dexterity and sexuality : is there a relationship? / John A. Hamill
  • Policing "perversions" : Depo-Provera and John Money's new sexual order / Daniel C. Tsang
  • Sexual expression : a global perspective / David Allen Parker, John P. De Cecco.