Sexual Pathways

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Author: Mark J. K. Williams

ISBN-10: 0275963683

ISBN-13: 9780275963682

Category: Bisexuality

Sexual Pathways introduces the topic of bisexuality—a subject largely misunderstood. Persons who display dual sexual attraction experience some form of erotic fulfillment with both same-sex and opposite-sex partners. They may or may not identify themselves as bisexual, but during significant periods of their life span they act bisexually. Studies of human sexuality world-wide indicate the incidence of bisexuality ranges from high to low prevalence in all literate and many nonliterate...

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Portrays the lives of 30 men and women who live bisexually, describing each person's sexual pathway from birth to adulthood. Booknews An introduction to the subject of bisexuality, combining eye-opening, first-person stories of real people's lives and attitudes with factual and theoretical material. Discussion opens with the controversy elicited by the term "bisexuality" and its alternative, "dual sexual attraction." Profiles of 30 people who have created their own unique sexual pathways give insight into the way bisexuals think and act in the sexual domain. Their values and beliefs about dual sexual attraction and their self-concepts as sexual beings are explored in depth. Respondents also discuss coping with homophobia and AIDS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

IllustrationsIntroduction1The Language of Sex12Lifestyle Adaptations113Being Sexual594Responding to AIDS995Patterns of Bisexuality121App. ARespondent Profile Tables143App. BThe Lifestyle Maps of Three Bisexual Participants147App. CHistory of a Bisexual Group157App. DQuestionnaire Excerpts161App. EPast, Present, and Future: An Interview with Timothy Wolf169Selected Bibliography173Index177

\ BooknewsAn introduction to the subject of bisexuality, combining eye-opening, first-person stories of real people's lives and attitudes with factual and theoretical material. Discussion opens with the controversy elicited by the term "bisexuality" and its alternative, "dual sexual attraction." Profiles of 30 people who have created their own unique sexual pathways give insight into the way bisexuals think and act in the sexual domain. Their values and beliefs about dual sexual attraction and their self-concepts as sexual beings are explored in depth. Respondents also discuss coping with homophobia and AIDS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)\ \