Sex, Risk, and Society

When Is Sex Dangerous?

Sarah H. Pollock (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

175 Seiten

2025
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-80539-941-4 (ISBN)

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When is sex abnormal and when is it dangerous? A multi-disciplinary approach that includes sociology, anthropology, history, and philosophy provides an understanding of how cultural norms have shifted over time and the implications of these shifts. Proposed definitions of “abnormal” and “dangerous” and their impact on public policies and practices are evaluated, as are our contemporary assumptions about sex and sexuality and the consequences of those assumptions. This should also serve as a toolkit for how to answer questions about sexuality such that readers can apply this model as new questions and social concerns about sex arise in the future.

Sarah H. Pollock is an assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. She earned her PhD in sociology from Temple University, specializing in gender and sexualities. Her dissertation research examined the gendered embodiment of health and fitness. She also has been a lecturer at The University of North Carolina at Charlotte where she won the College of Liberal Arts Award for Outstanding Teaching by a Full-Time Lecturer.

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Introduction

Chapter 1. Popular Answers

Chapter 2. Perspectives from the Social Sciences

Chapter 3. Application of Social Sciences to Sexuality Education

Conclusion: What’s Next?

Reference List

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.04.2025
Reihe/Serie	Explanations in the Social Sciences
Zusatzinfo	12 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-80539-941-1 / 1805399411
ISBN-13	978-1-80539-941-4 / 9781805399414
Zustand	Neuware