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Solving America's sexual crises

Title
Solving America's sexual crises / Ira L. Reiss with Harriet M. Reiss.
Author
Reiss, Ira L.
Publication
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Reiss, Harriet M.
  • Reiss, Ira L.
Description
289 pages; 23 cm
Summary
On the eve of the twenty-first century, America finds itself in the midst of another sexual revolution involving the "pluralization" of our sexual morality and the acceptance of a much wider range of sexuality than ever before. But the forces of the past, stressing the dogmatic "one size fits all" approach, are far from dead. Despite recent advances, the United States remains the nation with the highest rates in the Western world of virtually every sexual problem, including rape, AIDS, teenage pregnancy, and child sexual abuse. Solving America's Sexual Crises can help us all avoid becoming casualities in the sexual wars still being waged and can also aid us in achieving more of the rewards possible in our sexual lives. Riess promotes, as the sexual ethic needed now and for the coming century, a pluralistic approach based on the principles of honesty, equality, and responsibility, and he spells out what societal changes are needed to achieve this.
Subject
  • Sex customs > United States
  • Sexual ethics > United States
  • Sex customs
  • Sexual ethics
  • Sexualethik
  • Sexualverhalten
  • United States
  • USA
  • USA
Note
  • "This is a substantially revised and updated editon of a book previously published as Ira L. Reiss, An end to shame : shaping our next sexual revolution (1990)."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-272) and indexes.
Contents
America's rendezvous with sexual reality -- Alice n Wonderland: sexual upbringing in America -- Teenage sex: a time for acceptance -- The stalled sexual revolutions of this entury -- AIDS, condoms, and the epidemic of sexual myths -- Clarifying our fantasies about pornography -- Rape: the ultimate inequality -- Sex therapy: conforming to a troubled society -- The role of religion in our sexual crises -- Shaping today's sexual revolution.
ISBN
  • 1573921726
  • 9781573921725
LCCN
97037334
OCLC
  • ocm37493528
  • 37493528
  • SCSB-799287
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library