Table of Contents
Preface ix
About the Editors xix
About the Contributors xxi
Part 1 Foundations
Chapter 1 Ain't No Shame in This Game: The Foundation of a Radically Informed Sex Positive Approach 3Angela M. Schubert
Chapter 2 Adam and Eve/Steve/Pat and the History of Sexual Behavior: From Sin to Illegal to Deviance to Difference 23Mark Pope
Chapter 3 Nonmaleficence: A Terrible Safe Word But a Necessary Component of Counseling Ethics in Sex Positive Practice 47Robert J. Zeglin, Hannah Glusenkamp, and Faith Ponti
Part 2 Physiological and Psychological
Chapter 4 The Physiology of Sex 67Barbara M. Chuback, James A. Young, and Ilene Wong
Chapter 5 The Role of the Brain in Sex and Desire 83Cheryl A. Faber and Aninda B. Acharya
Chapter 6 The Big Bang? The Role of Orgasm 97Christian D. Chan, Tanisha N. Sapp, and Laurie Bonjo
Chapter 7 It's Not All in Your Head, But It's Pretty Close: Those Damn Societal Messages 113Samuel Sanabria and Caitlyn McKinzie Bennett
Part 3 Attraction, Orientation, and Gender
Chapter 8 The Multidimensional Nature of Attraction 131Stacey Diane Arañez Litam and Megan Speciale
Chapter 9 Sexual Orientation and Identity: Let Me Be Perfectly Queer 145Joy S. Whitman, Michael P. Chaney, and Jun Park
Chapter 10 Exploring Sex and Gender Diversity 159Lore M. Dickey
Part 4 Sexual Wellness
Chapter 11 Masturbation, Vibration, and LubeOh My! 175Lexx Brown-James and Tanisha N. Sapp
Chapter 12 They Hurt Me and I Didn't Ask Them To: Healing After Sexual Violence 191Jared S. Rose
Chapter 13 I Still Yearn for Connection: Illness and Chronic Pain 213Jessica Z. Taylor and Leslie E. Davis
Chapter 14 Healthy While Sexual: Preventing and Living With Sexually Transmitted Infections 229J. Richelle Joe and John T. Super
Part 5 Sexual Agency
Chapter 15 "Yes, We Can and We Will!" Sexuality in Later Life 245Angela M. Schubert, Theresa L. Keown, Anastasia Canfield, Sarah Richards, Melissa Franzen, and Sharon Gerstein
Chapter 16 The Queer Crip 259Julie Lynn Williams and Virginia Ogletree
Chapter 17 Embracing Our Sex, Race, and Ethnicity 277Kim Lee Hughes, Roseina Britton, Cheryl D. Walker, L. Allen Crosby, and Nicole Woodcox Bolden
Chapter 18 You Want Me to Feel Ashamed? The Influence of Religion on Sexuality 291M. N. Barringer and Ethan L. Bratt
Part 6 Approaches to Sexual Divergence
Chapter 19 Beyond Awareness: Becoming a Kink-Affirming Counselor 317Megan Speciale and Stacey Diane Arañez Litam
Chapter 20 You Want to Do What? Treating Paraphilic Disorders Through a Sex Positive Framework 329Robert J. Zeglin and Angela M. Schubert
Chapter 21 You Can Have Too Much Sex? The Line Between Sexual Expression and Addiction 357Reginald W. Holt
Part 7 Relationships
Chapter 22 Sex and Love: What's Love Got to Do With It? 379H. L. Brostrand, V. A. Dansereau, and James P. Ahearn
Chapter 23 Flipping the Scarlet Letter: A New Approach to Infidelity 393Molly Eames and Shannon Shoemaker
Part 8 Education
Chapter 24 Adolescents Do It Too! Sex Education in America 409Karen O'Hearn
Chapter 25 Human Sexuality Is Not an Elective: Why Sexuality Education in Counseling Is an Ethical Imperative 425Frances L. McClain and Lisa Salvadore
Index 451