Homosexuality and Science

A Guide to the Debates

AvVernon A. Rosario

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

This comprehensive resource explores the role of science and scientific discovery in the nature versus pathology debate surrounding homosexuality.Homosexuality and Science is the compelling history of this intense, ongoing scientific controversy. The story begins in the Victorian era, when doctors were horrified to discover that homosexuality, which they called "sexual perversion" was widespread—probably the result of childhood masturbation, they theorized, and sure to result in mental weakness and blindness for generations to come. The story progresses to a world where gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual scientists are involved in sexuality research, but where the AIDS pandemic has given rise to "reparative therapy" and ministries that claim to "cure" homosexuality.This high-interest title shows how our understanding of homosexuality has been shaped not only by theories of evolution, eugenics, endocrinology, neurobiology, molecular biology, psychology, genetics, anthropology, and sexology, but also by the values of the times.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-04-08
Mått:178 x 254 x 23 mm
Vikt:794 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Controversies in Science
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Medarbetare:Richard Pillard
ISBN:9781576072813

Utforska kategorier

HBTQ+ inom Samhälle och politik
Medicinsk etik och läkaretik inom Medicin
Medicinsk utrustning och medicinska tekniker inom Medicin

Mer om författaren

Vernon A. Rosario is a child psychiatry fellow at the Neuropsychiatric Institute of the University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.

Recensioner i media

Librarians in larger high school and public libraries should include this text with others in the Controversies in Science series. College-level instructors tackling social debates as justified by scientific positions should review this work before selecting the textbooks they will assign. Rosario's excellent scholarship provides a fine model for students researching any complex topic.