Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies (GSWS)

This Encyclopedia includes information on sexual behaviors (clinical and non-clinical), sexual orientation and identity, pair-bonding, mate choice, pregnancy and reproduction, gender and gender identity, cross-cultural aspects of gender and gender identity, and sex reassignment. It also reviews the history of sexuality and gender science (including its major contributors), typical research methodologies, and research societies and journals whose focus is related to sexuality and/or gender research.

A detailed and up-to-date reference work, The Handbook of Sexuality, Health and Rights provides an authoritative overview of the main issues in the field today. Leading academics and practitioners are brought together to reflect on past, present and future approaches to understanding and promoting sexual health and rights. It is an essential reference for academics and researchers in the fields of sexuality studies, sexual health and human rights, and offers key reading for more advanced students.

Takes an interdisciplinary approach to the subject, using film, literature, human rights, politics, landmark legislation, activism, the arts, language, sports, and historical events as points of entry into the content.

This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive A-Z reference with over 500 entries that define sexuality from a broad biocultural perspective and show the diversity of human sexual behavior and belief systems. Serves as an essential resource for students, scholars, and researchers with contributions from an international team of top scholars and practitioners.

Providing a comprehensive framework for the broad subject of human sexuality, this set offers a context of historical development, scientific discovery, and sociopolitical and sociocultural movements, and overviews major sexuality issues in American and global culture. Themes include sexual health and reproduction, sexual identity and orientation, sexual behaviors and expression, the history of sex and sexology, and sex and society.