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Pub. Date
[2005], c2003
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1 streaming video file (25 min.) : sd., col., digital file + instructional materials (online)
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Today, while gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenders are no longer forced to hide their sexual orientation, there is still prejudice and discrimination which can make coming out a difficult decision. And there are always internal pressures as well. This program presents the accounts and stories of people who have recently taken the step of coming out. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits of this important transition by examining the six...
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"In this brilliant and provocative classic, the distinguished feminist scholar Anne Fausto-Sterling argues that even the most fundamental knowledge about sex and gender is shaped by the culture in which scientific knowledge is produced. Drawing on illuminating real-life cases and a probing analysis of centuries of scientific research, Fausto-Sterling demonstrates how scientists have historically politicized the body. Now with a new preface and final...
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Pub. Date
[2006], c2006
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1 streaming video file (36 min.) : sd., col., digital file + instructional materials (online)
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Is sexuality an unavoidable casualty of physical disability or of surgery that significantly restructures intimate parts of the body? In this program, a man with a spinal cord injury, a woman with breast cancer who had a skin-saving mastectomy and reconstructive surgery, and a transsexual woman who underwent sex reassignment surgery discuss ways in which sexual expression has changed since their life-altering events. Perspectives from their significant...
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Pub. Date
[2007], c1987
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1 streaming video file (28 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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Study of the brain provides some of the answers that separate cultural and social from physiological distinctions between the sexes. Mammalian brains, including our own, show distinct differences between male and female in the thickness of the cortex and the size of the corpus callosum. The program shows some startling effects of hormone injections on brain structure and raises provocative questions about the sexual and reproductive roots of structural...
Pub. Date
[2010], c2009
Physical Desc
1 streaming video file (52 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
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When someone changes his or her gender expression, who must make the greater adjustment - the transgendered individual, or the surrounding community? This program explores the impact of gender transition on friends, coworkers, and family members as they react to a loved one's "switch," and must now examine their attitudes about sex roles in mainstream society as well as in their personal lives. The primary focus is the experience of the film's producer...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file (57 min., 38 sec.)) : sound, color.
Description
In a unique event to find out what British teenagers understand about rape, 24 of them are shown a specially written drama about a sexual encounter and are put to the test to see if they can work out if it is consensual sex or if a crime has been committed.
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Pub. Date
2003
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A tiny scrap of genetic information determines our sex; it also consigns many of us to a life of disease, directs or disrupts the everyday working of our bodies, and forces women to live as genetic chimeras. The culprit--so necessary and yet the source of such upheaval--is the X chromosome, and this is its story. An enlightening and entertaining tour of the cultural and natural history of this intriguing member of the genome, The X in sex traces the...
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Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (426 pages) : color illustrations
Description
“The Psychology of Human Sexuality” is a comprehensive guide to major theoretical perspectives on human sexuality and the vast diversity of sexual attitudes around the world, with topics including anatomy, gender and sexual orientation, sexual behaviors, sexual difficulties and solutions, sex work, and pornography. Written from a sex-positive perspective with material that is inclusive and respectful of a diverse audience, the text includes cutting...
