The Social Organization of Sexuality: Sexual Practices in the United StatesThe Social Organization of Sexuality reports the complete results of the nation's most comprehensive representative survey of sexual practices in the general adult population of the United States. This highly detailed portrait of sex in America and its social context and implications has established a new and original scientific orientation to the study of sexual behavior. "The most comprehensive U.S. sex survey ever." —USA Today "The findings from this survey, the first in decades to provide detailed insights about the sexual behavior of a representative sample of Americans, will have a profound impact on how policy makers tackle a number of pressing health problems." —Alison Bass, The Boston Globe "A fat, sophisticated, and sperm-freezingly serious volume. . . . This book is not in the business of giving us a good time. It is in the business of asking three thousand four hundred and thirty-two other people whether they had a good time, and exactly what they did to make it so good." —Anthony Lane, The New Yorker New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year |
Contents
Part I | 1 |
Part II | 75 |
Part III | 349 |
Epilogue | 541 |
Sampling Procedures | 549 |
Comparisons of the NHSLS with Other Data Sets | 571 |
Text of the NHSLS Questionnaire | 606 |
References | 679 |
Author Index | 707 |
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abortion adult age eighteen anal intercourse anal sex appealing asked attitudes autoerotic autoeroticism birth cohort Black chapter characteristics cluster cohabitational condom cunnilingus distribution effect estimates fellatio female frequency gender gonorrhea groups high school higher Hispanic HIV/AIDS homophily homosexuality individuals infection interview involved Kinsey last sexual event less lifetime living male marital status marriage married master status variables masturbation measures NHSLS Unwtd NHSLS Wave number of partners number of sex oral sex orgasm past 12 months past twelve months pattern percent percentages person population primary partner proportion questionnaire questions race/ethnicity rates relation religious respondents risk same-gender partners sample scripts secondary partner sex partners sexual activity sexual behavior sexual networks sexual partnerships sexual practices sexual relationships sexually transmitted sexually transmitted infections Someone specific spouse STIs survey tion Type II Protestant vaginal intercourse women report