COURSE DESCRIPTION			

A sociological examination of diversity in several dimensions of
human sexuality: sexual definitions (e.g., notions of ƒpdevianceƒp),
the prevalence of various behaviors (e.g., premarital coitus), the
intensity of sexual response (e.g., female orgasm), sexual object
choice (e.g., homosexuality), and other modes of sexual expression
(e.g., fetishism).

	TEXTBOOK

Required [Text]: Bryan Strong, Christine De Vault, Barbara Werner
Sayad, and William L. Yarber, Human Sexuality: Diversity in
Contemporary America, 5th Edition, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2005.

Accompanying Study Guide, 2005.

Recommended [Rec.Reading.]: (1) Judith MacKay [JM], The Penguin
Atlas of Human Sexual Behavior: Sexuality and Sex Practice Around
the World, New York: Penguin Books, 2002;
(2) Alexa Albert [AA], Brothel: Mustang Ranch and Its Women, New
York; Ballantine Books 2002;
(3) Amy Bloom [AB], Normal: Transexual CEO¡¦s, Cross dressing Cops,
and Hermaphrodites with Attitude, New York; Knopf, 2003.

[RE: REC. READING] The Penguin Atlas of Human Sexual Behavior is a
small and interesting book that uses diagrams to compare countries
in various aspects of their sexual diversity.  It contains
additional insights into many of the topics discussed in class.
Brothel is a great fieldwork study of the Mustang Ranch, which was a
legal brothel in Nevada, and the women who worked there. Normal is a
fieldwork study of transsexuals, transvestites, and intersexuals
that gives you a glimpse into their lives. You will NOT be
questioned on these books in the tests for the course (except when I
have included material from them in my lectures).