Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader

The best-selling sexualities reader in the social sciences.

Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader has a strong sociological focus and a sex-positive perspective. With 38 new readings, Sex Matters covers a wide and diverse range of sexual experiences and identities and tackles controversial issues in a straightforward, nonstigmatizing manner. The editors mix qualitative and quantitative empirical pieces, sexual narratives and personalized accounts, cutting-edge research, and articles from the popular press for a wealth of content and diverse perspectives.

• The Social Construction of Sexuality (Third Edition) (Contemporary Societies)
• Travesti: Sex, Gender, and Culture among Brazilian Transgendered Prostitutes (Worlds of Desire: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, Gender, and Culture)
• Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens, and the Culture of Sex
• Dude, You're a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School
• On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual (Penguin Classics)
• Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More
• The History of Sexuality, Vol. 1: An Introduction
• The Gendered Society
• The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
• Gender, Sex, and Politics