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Our Sexuality Enhanced Edition, 14th Edition

Robert L. Crooks, Karla Baur, Laura Widman

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Our Sexuality Enhanced Edition 14th Edition by Robert L. Crooks/Karla Baur/Laura Widman
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Overview

The most respected and authoritative college textbook available on human sexuality, Crooks/Baur/Widman's OUR SEXUALITY, ENHANCED 14th EDITION, has undergone a content refresh to reflect the most current research findings and up-to-date terminology in the field. It is the first college text to deliver cutting-edge and in-depth emphasis on the impact of politics on sexuality. The authors engage students with exciting new research, personally relevant examples and a focus on strengthening self-awareness and sexual intelligence. Covering "our" sexuality in an accessible, straightforward manner, the text explores the the human experience of sexuality and intimate relationships. Sexual health information is emphasized throughout. Also available with the text are the MindTap and Infuse digital learning solutions.

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Meet the Authors

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Robert L. Crooks

With sadness we announce that Dr. Robert Crooks passed away at the end of the 13th revision. Dr. Crooks had a doctorate in psychology, and in addition to graduate training that stressed clinical and physiological psychology, he had a considerable background in sociology. His involvement with teaching human sexuality classes at the university, college and medical school levels spanned over two decades. Dr. Crooks and his wife, Sami Tucker, were involved in the establishment and implementation of HIV/AIDS intervention programs in two areas of Kenya. For more than a decade, their work with these projects included designing a research strategy for assessing behavior change, developing a peer educator-based educational strategy, and conducting training sessions for Kenyan peer educator staff.

Karla Baur

Karla Baur has retired as co-author after 13 editions of OUR SEXUALITY. A licensed clinical social worker in private practice, she specializes in couples and sex therapy. In addition to providing clinical supervision, seminars and lectures for other mental health therapists and professional groups, Baur has taught human sexuality and female sexuality classes at Portland Community College, Portland State University and Clark College. At Oregon Health Sciences University, she taught a human sexuality course and coached medical students in taking sexual histories with patients. She was also involved in a six-week program in Kenya to train HIV/AIDS prevention peer educators. Certified as a sex educator, therapist and sex therapy supervisor by the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists, Baur earned a master's degree in social work, and her advanced academic work stressed clinical training.

Laura Widman

Dr. Laura Widman is an associate professor of psychology at North Carolina State University. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology and postdoctoral training in HIV/STD prevention. Dr. Widman has an active program of research focused on adolescent sexuality and sex education. Dr. Widman has published more than 90 manuscripts and book chapters, and she has presented her work to national and international audiences. After more than a decade of teaching undergraduate human sexuality courses using the OUR SEXUALITY textbook, Dr. Widman was delighted to join the authorship team to contribute to the 14th Edition and to this enhanced 14th Edition.

What's New

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  • In this Enhanced 14th Edition, the authors have taken great care to add or replace many of the drawings and images throughout the text to add greater diversity with respect to race/ethnicity, gender identity, sexual identity, physical ability and body size.

Features

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  • OUR SEXUALITY, ENHANCED 14th EDITION, helps you increase your students' sexual intelligence. In Chapter One, the authors introduce the first of four components included in their definition of sexual intelligence: knowing the critical role that politics play in sexual arenas. The other three components of sexual intelligence covered in the text include understanding oneself sexually, having interpersonal sexual skills and integrity, and knowing accurate scientific sexual information.
  • The text explores the similarities in the human experience of sexual and relationship matters. Insightful Author Files features quote real people's experiences and attitudes, enabling students to discover that they're not so different from everyone else. In addition, Sexuality and Diversity sections are highlighted in every chapter.
  • The Sex and Politics sections in each chapter examine the issue of value judgments that become public policy and what this means to sexual knowledge and sexual choices. Examples include "The Power of Pro-Life Anti-Contraception Politics," "Antigay Harassment/Bullying of Teenagers," "Sex Research under Siege," "Political Battle over Sex Education" and "Abortion Restrictions at the State Level.”
  • Sexual Health icons in the margins flag sexual health information within every chapter, while additional in-depth topics are found in special boxes, such as "Female Genital Self-Exam," "How to Examine Your Breasts" and "Male Genital Self-Examination."
  • Reflecting the latest developments, Spotlight on Research boxes present the most up-to-date research -- as well as research controversies -- from the field of sexuality.
  • Critical Thinking questions integrated throughout the chapters encourage students to stop, think and apply knowledge and experience while developing their personal perspective of sexuality.

Table of Contents

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1. Perspectives on Sexuality.
2. Sex Research: Methods and Challenges.
3. Female Sexual Anatomy and Physiology.
4. Male Sexual Anatomy and Physiology.
5. Gender Identity.
6. Sexual Arousal and Response.
7. Love and Communication in Intimate Relationships.
8. Sexual Behaviors.
9. Sexual Identity.
10. Contraception.
11. Conceiving Children: Process and Choice.
12. Sexuality During Childhood and Adolescence.
13. Sexuality and the Adult Years.
14. Sexual Challenges and Solutions.
15. Sexually Transmitted Infections.
16. Atypical Sexual Behavior.
17. Sexual Coercion.
18. Sex for Sale.

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