An Introduction to the Study of Sexuality

This text examines the ways in which sexuality has been described and interpreted in the West. It looks at the Christian view of sex as sinful; the psychoanalytical model; the social construction model concept; and the links between sexuality and spirituality.

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This book examines some of the ways in which sexuality has been described and interpreted in the West. The main models examined are: the Christian view of sex as sinful; the psychoanalytical model, including such notions as the sexual drive, infantile sexuality, the Oedipus complex, and the distinction between male and female sexuality; the 'social construction' model, which proposes that 'sexuality' is a modern concept; and the links between sexuality and spirituality. There is also some consideration of feminist and gay approaches to sexuality, and the complicated subject of male sexuality.