Sex As A Political Variable

Author : Richard A. Seltzer
Publisher : Lynne Rienner Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781555877361
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex as a Political Variable written by Richard A. Seltzer and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though women constitute 52 percent of US voters, only 10 percent of the members of Congress and one of the 50 state governors are women. This book presents research and analysis on women as both candidates and voters in US politics, using numerous empirical sources of data.

Author : Philip Cowley
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849548250
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box written by Philip Cowley and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED... ... what emotions really influence where your cross goes on the ballot paper? ... whether people are claiming to vote when they haven't? ... which party's supporters are the kinkiest in bed? In the run-up to the most hotly contested and unpredictable election in a generation, this exhilarating read injects some life back into the world of British electoral politics. Sex, Lies and the Ballot Box sheds light on some of our more unusual voting trends, ranging from why people lie about voting to how being attractive can get you elected. Each of the fifty accessible and concise chapters, written by leading political experts, seeks to examine the broader issues surrounding voting and elections in Britain. It is not just about sexual secrets and skewed surveys: it illustrates the importance of women and ethnic minorities; explains why parties knock on your door (and why they don't); and shows how partisanship colours your views of everything, even pets. This fascinating volume covers everything you need to know (and the things you never thought you needed to know) about the bedroom habits, political untruths and voting nuances behind the upcoming election. 'This book is such an utterly brilliant idea it is ridiculous that no one has thought of it before ... I cannot recommend it highly enough.' John Rentoul

Author : Jeffrey Weeks
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex, Politics, and Society written by Jeffrey Weeks and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1989 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This major work explores the transformation of attitudes to sexuality over the last 200 years. It provides detailed discussions of class differences, the significance of family, the changing experiences of childhood, changing concepts of female sexuality, the development of theories of homosexuality and the role of class. Since the first edition of this major work was published in 1981 Britain has experienced major social and political transformations, which have had a significant impact on the regulation of sexuality. This book has been revised and a new chapter examines the effects of AIDS and its relationship to the new `moral agenda' that has emerged in recent years.

Author : Hector A. Garcia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1633885143
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex, Power, and Partisanship written by Hector A. Garcia and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evolutionary psychologist traces the roots of political divisions back to our primate ancestors and male-dominated social hierarchies. Through the lens of evolutionary science, this book offers a novel perspective on why we hold our political ideas, and why they are so often in conflict. Drawing on examples from across the animal kingdom, clinical psychologist Hector A. Garcia reveals how even the most complex political processes can be influenced by our basic drives to survive and reproduce--including the policies we back, whether we are liberal or conservative, and whether we are inspired or repelled by the words of a president. The author demonstrates how our political orientations derive from an ancestral history of violent male competition, surprisingly influencing how we respond to issues as wide-ranging as affirmative action, women's rights, social welfare, abortion, foreign policy, and even global warming. Critically, the author shows us how our instinctive political tribalism can keep us from achieving stable, functioning societies, and offers solutions for rising above our ancestral past.

Author : Mark Regnerus
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190673621
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cheap Sex written by Mark Regnerus and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex is cheap. Coupled sexual activity has become more widely available than ever. Cheap sex has been made possible by two technologies that have little to do with each other - the Pill and high-quality pornography - and its distribution made more efficient by a third technological innovation, online dating. Together, they drive down the cost of real sex, and in turn slow the development of love, make fidelity more challenging, sexual malleability more common, and have even taken a toll on men's marriageability. Cheap Sex takes readers on an extended tour inside the American mating market, and highlights key patterns that characterize young adults' experience today, including the timing of first sex in relationships, overlapping partners, frustrating returns on their relational investments, and a failure to link future goals like marriage with how they navigate their current relationships. Drawing upon several large nationally-representative surveys, in-person interviews with 100 men and women, and the assertions of scholars ranging from evolutionary psychologists to gender theorists, what emerges is a story about social change, technological breakthroughs, and unintended consequences. Men and women have not fundamentally changed, but their unions have. No longer playing a supporting role in relationships, sex has emerged as a central priority in relationship development and continuation. But unravel the layers, and it is obvious that the emergence of "industrial sex" is far more a reflection of men's interests than women's.

Author : Vicente Navarro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351862790
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political and Social Contexts of Health written by Vicente Navarro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-26 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of the political and social forces that shape the well-being and quality of life of populations in developed capitalist countries is written by scholars based in several different countries. The book shows how the varying political traditions in the developed world - social democratic, Christian democratic, conservative, and liberal traditions - have affected populations' health and quality of life in the western democracies. The contributors also analyze the public and social policies derived from each of these political traditions that have affected levels of social inequality (through changes in the welfare states and labor markets) and on health and quality of life.

Author : Ann Snitow
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1583678123
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Powers of Desire written by Ann Snitow and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2019-02-15 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative anthology brings together a diverse group of well-known feminist and gay writers, historians, and activists. They are concerned not only with current sexual issues-abortion, pornography, reproductive and gay rights-but they also raise a host of new issues and questions: How, and in what ways, is sexuality political? Is the struggle for sexual freedom a complement to other struggles for liberation, or will it detract from them? Has the sexual revolution diminished or enriched the lives of women?

Author : Stephen J. Wayne
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
ISBN 13 : 9780765607423
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Election of the Century and what it Tells Us about the Future of American Politics written by Stephen J. Wayne and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2001-12-31 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work places the 2000 presidential and congressional elections into the larger and future context of American politics. It examines a range of topics including "wedge" issues in 2000 - the economy, foreign policy and race, the dimensions of gender, age, and religion, for example.

Author : Jill Steans
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1783470623
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook on Gender in World Politics written by Jill Steans and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook on Gender in World Politics is an up-to-date, comprehensive, multi-disciplinary compendium of scholarship in gender studies. The text provides an indispensable reference guide for scholars and students interrogating gender issues in international and global contexts. Substantive areas covered include: statecraft, citizenship and the politics of belonging, international law and human rights, media and communications technologies, political economy, development, global governance and transnational visions of politics and solidarities.

Author : Carol Christy
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex Differences in Political Participation written by Carol Christy and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1987-09-09 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first book to treat directly sex differences in political participation with regard to economic development and cultural change. Using empirical data collected in fourteen nations, Christy not only discusses the sex differences in political participation within each nation, but compares these differences. Starting with the theoretical, she logically proceeds to specific surveys, trend data, hard facts, and solid explanations. In detailed discussions, she thoroughly covers political participation resources ... political egalitarianism and psychological involvement ... sex differences in political participation ... and variations.