Experience, Meaning, and Identity in Sexuality A Psychosocial Theory of Sexual Stability and Change /

• Main Authors: Horley, James (Author), Clarke, Jan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Sociology.; Personality.; Social psychology.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Forensic psychology.; Self.; Identity (Psychology).; Sexual Behavior.; Self and Identity.; Personality and Social Psychology.; Gender Studies.; Forensic Psychology.

This book takes the head-scratching out of human sexuality. Personal construct theory provides the foundation for a psychosocial explanation of sexuality that views everyday social interaction as key to the development of sexual identity and desires. The theory developed here accounts for stability...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Nature and Implications of Personal Construct Theory
• 3. Understanding Multiple Sexualities
• 4. Social Influence on Sexual Constructs
• 5. Power Relations in Sexuality
• 6. Interpreting Sexualised Bodies
• The Commodification of Sex
• 8. Sexual Offenders
• 9. Changing Sexual Interests, Identities, and Behaviours
• 10. Final Concerns.