This book explains how the short-lived sexual revolution 50 years ago has led to the current evolution of our sexual values and behaviors and social standards among youth culture, examining topics such as communication technologies and sex, teen pregnancy, and divorce rates in the Bible Belt.
Is an increase in sexual activity during adolescence a normal part of the transition to adulthood, or evidence of a societal problem? Why would conservative religious youth become sexually active earlier than their peers and be more likely to have an unintended pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease? How are women continuing to lead our society's sexual transformation?
Written by an author whose 40-year career in sexology and university administration provides a uniquely qualified perspective upon both sex research and the changing sexual perceptions of American youth, this comprehensive book is must-read for both parents and policy makers. America's Sexual Transformation traces the philosophical, cultural, and scientific developments responsible for the beginning and end of America's sexual revolution that have now spawned a more substantive sexual transformation. It examines traditional theories and attitudes regarding sex, and demonstrates how the findings of sex research provide entirely new paradigms that should replace outmoded and harmful theories. This groundbreaking book also explains who we are as sexual individuals and how we got to be that way.

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America's Sexual Transformation
How the Sexual Revolution's Legacy Is Shaping Our Society, Our Youth, and Our Future
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America's Sexual Transformation
How the Sexual Revolution's Legacy Is Shaping Our Society, Our Youth, and Our Future
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Risky Business: Sexual Revolution to Sexual Transformation
- 2. The Grandes Dames of Sex: Th e Women Who Made It Happen
- 3. The Woman Who Came Too Soon and the Man Who Couldn’t Come at All
- 4. One for the Books: What My Sex Books Have Taught Me
- 5. Coming of Age: Beyond Comprehensive Sexuality Education
- 6. Saved, Shaved, and Pretty Well Behaved: Whither the Millennial Generation?
- 7. Is Nurture Taking a Backseat to Nature? A New Guide to Understanding Sexual Individuality
- Notes
- Index
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