Sex for Life: From Virginity to Viagra, How Sexuality Changes Throughout Our Lives

Contents

| v Contents Acknowledgments ix Part I. Studying Sexualities over the Life Course Introduction: Sexualities over the Life Course: 3 The Development of a Perspective John DeLamater and Laura M. Carpenter 1 Studying Gendered Sexualities over the Life Course: 23 A Conceptual Framework Laura M. Carpenter and John DeLamater Part II. Sexualities in Childhood and Adolescence 2 Childhood Sexuality: Exploring Culture as Context 45 Jeffry W. Thigpen 3 Sexuality Development in Adolescence 70 Stephen T. Russell, Kali S. Van Campen, and Joel A. Muraco 4 The Life Course Consequences of Childhood Sexual Assault: 88 Effects on Relationship Formation and Intimate Violence across Relationships Kristin Carbone-Lopez Part III. Sexualities from Young Adulthood through Midlife 5. A Meta-Analysis on the Relationship between Parental 109 Divorce Family Structures and Adolescents’ Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Premarital Intercourse William Jeynes vi | Contents 6 Hooking Up and Opting Out: Negotiating Sex in the 128 First Year of College Lisa Wade and Caroline Heldman 7 The Symbolic Power of Civil Marriage on the Sexual 146 Life Histories of Gay Men Adam Isaiah Green Part IV. Turning Points throughout the Life Course 8 U.S. Colonialism, Migration, and Sexualities: 163 The Filipino American Case Yen Le Espiritu 9 Starting Over: Dating Risks and Sexual Health among 180 Midlife Women after Relationship Dissolution Bronwen Lichtenstein 10 Secrets and Magic Pills: Constructing Masculinity and 198 Sexual “Normalcy” Following Spinal Cord Injury Alexis A. Bender Part V. Sexualities from Midlife to Later Life 11 Reproductive History as Social Context: Exploring How 217 Women Talk about Menopause and Sexuality at Midlife Heather E. Dillaway 12 Sexual Expression over the Life Course: Results 236 from Three Landmark Surveys Aniruddha Das, Linda J. Waite, and Edward O. Laumann 13 Exploring Embodied Aging and Ageism among 260 Old Lesbians and Gay Men Kathleen F. Slevin and Christine E. Mowery 14 Pleasure in Old Age 278 Meika Loe Contents | vii Part Vi. Conclusion 15 Toward an Interdisciplinary Science of Lifelong 299 Sexualities for the Twenty-First Century John DeLamater and Laura M. Carpenter Bibliography 317 About the Contributors 349 Index 353 This page intentionally left blank ...