Product Description: This Encyclopedia is a comprehensive A-Z reference with over 500 entries that define sexuality from a broad biocultural perspective and show the diversity of human sexual behavior and belief systems. Places topics within their socio-cultural and cross-cultural contexts while also exploring evolutionary and primatological concerns Contains entries ranging from short definitions of scientific, clinical, cultural, and colloquial terms to extended explorations of major concepts Covers 13 key areas of content, from clinical medicine and body modification to the language of sexuality and the history of sexology Serves as an essential resource for students, scholars, and researchers with contributions from an international team of top scholars and practitioners Available as an online platform with interactive cross-referencing links and powerful searching and browsing capabilities within the work and across Wiley's comprehensive online reference collection or as a three-volume print set...read more

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Examines the lives of sixteen male transsexuals, discusses the difficulties they faced fitting into their new social roles as women, and describes their attitudes and self-image