Sex, Preference, and Family: Essays on Law and Nature

Gay marriage, single-parenthood, sexual orientation, gender equality, pornography--these are issues at the heart of what have been called "the culture wars." This fine collection of 17 essays, which are academic but readable, takes the time and energy to dissect and analyze the most pressing topics in sex and gender studies today. Written in accessible prose and fraught with intelligence and empathy, essayists like Richard A. Posner, William N. Eskridge Jr., and Catherine McKinnon carefully pull apart, inspect, and rethink the basic tenets of how we construct sex, pleasure, family, and gender in our lives. Anyone interested in gay, lesbian, sex, or gender studies should definitely read this book.