{"product_id":"the-power-of-sex-the-social-construction-of-sex-genders-and-sexualities-9781884092213","title":"The Power of Sex: The Social Construction of Sex, Genders and Sexualities","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE POWER OF SEX is an entertaining and often startling book that clearly explains why sex, genders, and sexualities--once so relatively simple--are now more complicated and problematic than ever. We may still be male or female but we are also increasingly intersex, transitioning, transgender, trans­sexual, she-males, or ambisexual; we may still be heterosexual or homosex­ual, but we are also increasingly bisexual, asexual, egosexual, polysexual, or pansexual, with paraphilias abounding. Sex, in short, is a maze, minefield and muddle, with the old 2-by-2 model of male\/female, gay\/straight all but gone from our personal lives, laws, norms, mores and the mass media.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile detailing the revolutionary transformation of our sexual identities and behaviors--including the dizzying array of forms sexual pleasure now comes in--THE POWER OF SEX clearly elucidates why almost everything to do with the genitals and sex is problematic and hotly debated today: marriage, prostitution, pornography, nudity, homosexuality, mastur­bation, contracep­tion, abortion, paraphilias, circumcision, divorce, clitoridectomies genital cos­metic surgeries, sexual identity--even what constitutes sex--to name only a few topics of controversy related to sex.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough revelatory chapters on the penis, vagina, clitoris, breasts, nipples, anus, buttocks, feet, and other erogenous zones, THE POWER OF SEX pro­vides a deep understanding of sex and our bodies that liberates us from old ways of thinking and allows us to relate more fully and openly to ourselves and others--so that we can reap more pleasure from our sexual lives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Anthony Synnott has done it again. Another sharp, sexy and insightful book about the endlessly fascinating world of sex and sexuality. In \u003cem\u003eThe Power of Sex\u003c\/em\u003e, Synnott covers big ground--the politics of sex, cultural norms, sexual orientation, taboos and the future of sex. In fact, he tells us pretty much everything we need to know to be up-to-date with this exciting and complex field. And he does it in a way that is immensely engaging. The social constructionism of sex has never been so sexy.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eBella Ellwood-Clayton, Ph.D. (\"Dr. Bella\"), Sexual Anthropologist and author of \u003cem\u003eSex Drive: In Pursuit of Female Desire.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony Synnott, Ph.D.\u003c\/strong\u003e, studied at the London School of Economics, then West­ern University, in Ontario, and received his doctorate from London Univer­sity, after brief stints in the Royal Navy and the Jesuits. He is a Pro­fessor Emer­itus of Sociology at Concordia University, in Montreal, and the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Body Social\u003c\/em\u003e (1993), \u003cem\u003eShadows: Issues and Social Problems in Canada\u003c\/em\u003e (1996), \u003cem\u003eRe-Thinking Men: Heroes, Villains and Victims\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), and co-author of \u003cem\u003eAroma: The Cultural History of Smell\u003c\/em\u003e (1994).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Altschuler \u0026amp; Associates, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781884092213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.79d","brand":"Anthony Synnott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52051674235061,"sku":"9781884092213","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_8895261f-ea09-4ccd-a3d7-083ec472cd32.jpg?v=1764047636","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-power-of-sex-the-social-construction-of-sex-genders-and-sexualities-9781884092213","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}