Table of Contents

Preface 1: Introduction: Nature, Nurture, and In-Between Paul R. Abramson, Steven D. Pinkerton. 2: Sexual Nature: What Can We Learn from a Cross-Species Perspective? Mary S. McDonald Pavelka 3: Sex as an Alternative to Aggression in the Bonobo Frans B. M. de Waal 4: The Evolution of Female Sexual Desire Kim Wallen 5: Beauty Is in the Adaptations of the Beholder: The Evolutionary Psychology of Human Female Sexual Attractiveness Donald Symons 6: Sex Hormones and Sexual Behavior Jean D. Wilson 7: Psychoneuroendocrinology and Sexual Pleasure: The Aspect of Sexual Orientation Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg 8: The Genetics of Sexual Orientation: From Fruit Flies to Humans Angela M. L. Pattatucci, Dean H. Hamer. 9: The Cultural Management of Adolescent Sexuality Alice Schlegel 10: Sexuality, Infertility, and Sexually Transmitted Disease among Farmers and Foragers in Central Africa Robert C. Bailey, Robert V. Aunger. 11: The Pleasures of Homosexuality David F. Greenberg 12: Discourse, Intercourse, and the Excluded Middle: Anthropology and the Problem of Sexual Experience Donald Tuzin 13: The Pleasures of Castration: The Postoperative Status of Hijras, Jankhas, and Academics Lawrence Cohen 14: The Pursuit of Pleasure and the Sale of Sex Lenore Manderson 15: Sexuality and the Experience of Love Thomas Gregor 16: Model-Based Representations of Human Sexual Behavior Edward H. Kaplan 17: Sexual Activities as Told in Surveys Richard Berk, Paul R. Abramson, Paul Okami. Appendix: Theorizing Sexuality Paul Okami, Laura Pendleton. Contributors Index