Table of Contents

Introduction: Sexual Behaviour in the Human

1 Once a Brethren Boy: The Early Years

2 Fixing Sex: Intersex

3 Lovemaps: The Relationship World

4 Man/Woman, Boy/Girl: Transsexuality

5 Gay, Straight, and In-Between: Homosexuality

6 The Edge of the Alphabet: Neologisms

7 What Wild Ecstasy: Sexual Liberation, Pedophilia, and Pornography

8 As Nature Made Him: The Reimer Case

Conclusion: Venuses Penuses

Works Cited

Index

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Reconsiders the work and ideas of one of the most important and controversial sexologists of the twentieth century.

About the Author

Terry Goldie is a professor of English and social and political thought at York University. He is the author or editor of several books, including Queersexlife: Autobiographical Notes on Sexuality, Gender, and Identity (2008).