UID:
edocfu_9959243729402883
Format:
1 online resource (vii, 458 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-674-04225-5
Content:
Sexual drives are rooted in biology, but we don't act on them blindly. Indeed, as the eminently readable judge and legal scholar Richard Posner shows, we make quite rational choices about sex, based on the costs and benefits perceived. Drawing on the fields of biology, law, history, religion, and economics, this sweeping study examines societies from ancient Greece to today's Sweden and issues from masturbation, incest taboos, date rape, and gay marriage to Baby M. The first comprehensive approach to sexuality and its social controls, Posner's rational choice theory surprises, explains, predicts, and totally absorbs.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Frontmatter --
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CONTENTS --
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Introduction --
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PART ONE The History of Sexuality --
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CHAPTER ONE Theoretical Sexology --
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CHAPTER TWO Autres Temps~ Autres Moeurs --
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CHAPTER THREE Sexuality and Law --
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PART TWO A Theory of Sexuality --
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CHAPTER FOUR The Biology of Sex --
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CHAPTER FIVE Sex and Rationality --
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CHAPTER SIX The History of Sexuality from the Perspective ofEconomics --
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CHAPTER SEVEN Optimal Regulation of Sexuality --
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CHAPTER EIGHT Moral Theories of Sexuality --
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PART THREE The Regulation of Sexuality --
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CHAPTER NINE Marriage and the Channeling of Sex --
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CHAPTER TEN The Control of Pregnancy --
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CHAPTER ELEVEN Homosexuality: The Policy Questions --
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CHAPTER TWELVE The Sexual Revolution in the Courts --
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN Erotic Art, Pornography, and Nudity --
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN Coercive Sex --
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN Separating Reproduction from Sex --
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Conclusion --
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Acknowledgments --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-80279-9
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-674-80280-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4159/9780674042254
