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In 1994, the University of Chicago Press published the landmark study The Social Organization of Sexuality, "the most important survey since the Kinsey report," according to Time magazine. Based on data collected from the National Health and Social Life Survey, this heralded book answered hundreds of questions about the state of sex in America: how widespread is extramarital sex? how do women's sexual lives differ from men's? how do social factors such as education, race, and religion affect sexual conduct? While amazingly comprehensive, this earlier volume was devoted primarily to establishing baseline statistics and information. Two authors of that study, Edward O. Laumann and Robert T. Michael, now bring together the result of deeper research into and analysis of the information presented in the 1994 volume. The result, Sex, Love, and Health in America, is a companion to The Social Organization of Sexuality and furthers our understanding of Americans' sexual practices.Sixteen researchers have contributed essays to this collection that explore controversial topics, including teenage sexuality, sexual contact between children and adults, abortion, the role of cohabitation in the sexual satisfaction of couples, and how sexual behavior has changed in response to AIDS, as well as a widely heralded examination of circumcision, reported in the New York Times, which discusses the effects of the procedure on disease transmission and the preference for certain sexual practices. In its analysis, policy recommendations, and revelations about private practices, Sex, Love, and Health in America will, like the earlier volume, have a major role in shaping the discussion about American sexual behavior.

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgments = ⅶ

Abbreviations = ⅹ

Introduction : Setting the Scene / EDWARD O. LAUMANN AND ROBERT T. MICHAEL = 1

Part 1 : Sex during Adolescence = 39

 1 Teenage Sex and the Sexual Revolution / KARA JOYNER ; EDWARD O. LAUMANN = 41

 2 Choices Leading to Teenage Births / ROBERT T. MICHAEL ; KARA JOYNER = 72

 Summary : Part 1, Sex during Adolescence = 105

Part 2 : Sex during Adulthood = 107

 3 Sexual Expression in America / EDWARD O. LAUMANN ; YOOSIK YOUM = 109

 4 Sexual Contact between Children and Adults : A Life-Course Perspective / CHRISTOPHER R. BROWNING ; EDWARD O. LAUMANN = 148

 5 Race, Gender, and Class in Sexual Scripts / JENNA MAHAY ; EDWARD O. LAUMANN ; STUART MICHAELS = 197

 6 Emotional and Physical Satisfaction with Sex in Married, Cohabiting, and Dating Sexual Unions : Do Men and Women Differ? / LINDA J. WAITE ; KARA JOYNER = 239

 Summary : Part 2, Sex during Adulthood = 270

Part 3 : Sex and Health = 275

 7 Circumcision in the United States : Prevalence, Prophylactic Effects, and Sexual Practice / EDWARD O. LAUMANN ; CHRlSTOPHER M. MASl ; EZRA W. ZUCKERMAN = 277

 8 Reported Changes in Sexual Behavior in Response to AIDS in the United States / JOEL A. FEINLEIB ; ROBERT T. MICHAEL = 302

 9 Racia1／Ethnic Group Differences in the Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States : A Network Explanation / EDWARD O. LAUMANN ; YOOSIK YOUM = 327

 10 Sexual Dysfunction in the United States : Prevalence and Predictors / EDWARD O. LAUMANN ; ANTHONY PAlK ; RAYMOND C . ROSEN = 352

 11 Abortion Decisions in the United States / ROBERT T. MICHAEL = 377

 12 Private Sexual Behavior, Public Opinion, and Public Health Policy Related to Sexually Transmitted Diseases : A U. S.-British Comparison / ROBERT T. MICHAEL ; JANE WADSWORTH ; JOEL A. FEINLEIB ; ANNE M. JOHNSON ; EDWARD O. LAUMANN : KAYE WELLINGS = 439

 Summary : Part 3, Sex and Health = 454

 Epilogue = 463

 13 Private Sex and Public Policy / ROBERT T. MICHAEL = 465

References = 493

List of Contributors = 517

Author Index = 519

Subject Index = 525