Sex and sexuality, social aspects

Human trafficking is a thriving business around the world.

This is a fully revised and updated new edition of the classic work first published in 1985.

This groundbreaking book explodes several myths: that selling sex is completely different from any other kind of work; that migrants who sell sex are passive victims; and that the multitude of people out to save them are without self-interest.

We are in the middle of a 'desirevolution' - a fundamental and political transformation of the way we desire as human beings.

Most of us want to be decent people in the world.

Interracial sexual relations are often a key mythic basis for Latin American national identities, but the importance of this has been under explored.

Sexual conflict permeates ancient religions, from injunctions about thy neighbor's wife to the sexual obligations of marriage.

A deeply felt book that explores intimacy through the stories of eight relationships, from a leading neuroscientist and author of How We Feel.

Civil War soldiers enjoyed unprecedented access to obscene materials of all sorts, including mass-produced erotic fiction, cartes de visite, playing cards, and stereographs.

A joyful collection of the most popular, provocative, and unforgettable essays from the New York Times 'Modern Love' column, featuring stories from the upcoming anthology series starring Tina Fey, Andy Garcia, Anne Hathaway, Catherine Keener, Dev Patel, and John Slattery.

Dispels the myth of sacred prostitution in the ancient world.

Gay pornography, online and onscreen, is a controversial and significantly under-researched area of cultural production.

Through a sensitive use of a wide variety of imaginative and didactic texts, Ruth Karras shows that while prostitutes as individuals were marginalized within medieval culture, prostitution as an institution was central to the medieval understanding of what it meant to be a woman.

Charting attempts to regulate the obscene within the Britain Empire, and the resulting contradictions that sustained imperial and colonial regimes.

In this gracefully written, accessible and entertaining volume, John Semonche surveys censorship for reasons of sex from the nineteenth century up to the present.

'Funny, kind, generous and smart - I could have done with the wisdom of Flo Perry far sooner' Dolly AldertonWhen it comes to our sex lives, few of us are free of niggling fears and body image insecurities.

Described by Oliver Sacks as 'one of the best scientist-writers of our time', Robert M.

With full-frontal genitalia, erections, even actual sex featuring increasingly in films, this explicitness in presentation has caused critical consternation and accusations that such film narratives are pornographic.

In locations around the world, sex tourism is a booming business.

This study of prostitution addresses issues of female agency and experience, as well as contemporary fears about sexual coercion and the forced movement of girls/women, and police surveillance.

Die Beiträge in der Invertito-Jubiläumsausgabe zeigen, wie eng verwoben die osteuropäische LSBT-Geschichtsschreibung mit den aktuellen Forderungen nach einer Aufarbeitung der nationalsozialistischen und der stalinistischen Verfolgungsgeschichte sowie nach der rechtlichen und gesellschaftlichen Gleichstellung queerer Menschen in Ost- und Ostmitteleuropa ist.

This one-of-a-kind book shares intimate personal stories of porn performers "e;coming out"e; to family, friends, partners, lovers, and community.

The first and possibly only book to be reviewed favorably in both The Women's Review of Books and Hustler, Sex Work popularized the term "e;sex work"e; to describe the occupations of street prostitutes, exotic dancers, nude models, escorts, porn actresses, and workers in massage parlors, and so changed the way we talk about sex and money.

What is expected of 21st Century egg and sperm donors, and how does being a donor impact on men and women's own personal lives and relationships?

The Classics were core to the curriculum and ethos of the intensely homosocial Victorian and Edwardian public schools, yet ancient homosexuality and erotic pedagogy were problematic to the educational establishment, which expurgated classical texts with sexual content.

The true-life and deeply satiric odyssey of a punk-rock dropout turned porn empire overlord.

Revel in all the island antics from the likes of Kem, Marcel, Chris, Georgia and Camilla, and delight in this irreverent guide to modern love from the TV sensation that everyone's talking about.

Marquis de Sade – ein Name, der Provokation, Skandal und dunkle Faszination in sich vereint.

If you could share one lesson from your life with every woman, what would it be?

'If you read the papers, you'd think that the only girls to get hooked are from dysfunctional families.

Triumphant and uplifting - a queer Muslim memoir about forgiveness and freedom.

First published in Italian in 1977, Mario Mieli's groundbreaking book is an early landmark of revolutionary queer theory - now available for the first time in a complete and unabridged English translation.

Funny, disturbing, completely compelling, TOWELHEAD was picked as a New York Times Notable Book of 2005.

Our media is filled with confusing, polarizing messages about the dangers of porn, while at the same time sexually explicit images are pronounced in advertising and entertainment.

A Partner's Guide to Truth and HealingA Healing Journey for Betrayed PartnersJohn Sternfels, LPC, NCC, CCPS, CSAT, CMAT, C-SASIWhen infidelity occurs, betrayed partners enter into a state of emotional distress.

This book is one woman's funny, moving, and sometimes awkward quest to fix her sex life, but it's the story of millions of women everywhere - half of all women have felt pain during sex.

Have you ever watched the news and been so haunted by a story that you had to know more about those involved?

'Bursting with empathy, understanding and humour.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 POLARI FIRST BOOK AWARD'This is a book to get lost in .

'This book will often hurt.

They are America's forgotten children, the hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes who walk the Las Vegas Strip, the casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates, and the street corners of our cities.

'Beautifully written, mysterious and compelling' Janet Fitch, bestselling author of White Oleander 'An addictive read you'll finish within hours' Stylist 'Vogel is a gleaming new talent' Observer 'An alternative feminist love story for the modern age' Big Issue'Refreshing' Guardian 'Dreamy' Oprah Magazine____________A raw, fresh, haunting, emotionally and sexually honest literary debut.

When you love someone, how does it feel?

Life is full of opportunity for young women, but it's also far more pressured than ever before.

From one of Britain's best-loved comedians comes this wonderfully funny, sharp and touching memoir and a celebration of the bond between man and dog - an autobidography, if you will.

Sex, bureaucracy and money; the death of the university.

Mildred Clark Cusey was a whore, a madam, an entrepreneur, and above all, a survivor.