Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-146).
Contents
The questions. Why understanding research? ; What are the goals of the research? ; What kind of person would participate in a study like this? ; How do researchers pose sexuality questions to respondents? ; What do the research results mean? -- The applications. Behavior: do males and females differ in sexual experience? ; Mate selection: what determines peoples' choice of particular partners? ; Protection: how frequently do people use condoms? ; Infidelity: what proportion of people have had extradyadic sex? ; Orientation: what determines whether people are sexually attracted to men or women? ; Education: are sex education programs in schools effective? ; Child sexual abuse: is sexual contact between a child and an adult harmful? ; Therapy and dysfunction: how well does sex therapy work? ; Pornography: is viewing sexually explicit media harmful? ; Love: what is the role of love in sexual interactions? -- Appendix: Evaluating sexuality information posted on the Internet.
