Sexuality Today

by Gary F. Kelly

This trusted text successfully balances psychological, biological, and social aspects of human sexuality, integrating the latest research findings and providing a variety of tools to help students engage personally with core concepts. The author's balanced approach is evident in his ability to present various sides of controversial topics in a neutral voice, supported by sound research yet expressed in a lively and applied manner. The new ninth edition features a streamlined format, updated and reorganized content, several new figures and illustrations, and an increased emphasis on real student voices. Kelly comes with student and instructor access to SexSource Online , a unique collection of brief video clips on core concepts in sexuality. This paperback textbook is comprehensive yet manageable in a one-term course, and priced at 20% to 40% less than competing books. Related volumes of interest include Annual Human Sexuality , and Taking Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Human Sexuality

Genres: Psychology, Textbooks, Sexuality

648 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

About the author

Gary F. Kelly has been a sexuality educator and counselor for 40 years, publishing several popular books in the field. After a 35-year career as Counselor, Dean, and Vice President for Student Affairs at Clarkson University and as Headmaster of The ClarksonSchool, he retired from administrative work to devote more time to writing, teaching, and counseling. He continues to teach courses in human sexuality, psychoactive substances, and counseling psychology in the Psychology Department at Clarkson, where the Student Association honored him with its Outstanding Teaching Award in 2008 (see photo below). He also teaches courses on ethics and social problems in the Honors Program. He is licensed as a Mental Health Counselor in New York State.

Reviews

[Billie Pritchett · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sexuality Today is a textbook I just finished reading for my Psychology of Human Sexuality course. Its main strength is also its weakness: Most of the book focuses on biological, medical, and sociological aspects of human sexuality in addition to focusing on the psychological aspects. This is a strength of the book because it gives the Reader a clear sense for the full scope of what is known about human sexuality. But it is also a weakness of the book because a psychological book, I think, should be mainly focused on (1) correctly assessing and diagnosing what would constitute some rough-and-rocky idea of healthy human sexuality and certain kinds of sexual disorders, and (2) positively treating sexual disorders and encouraging people to express their healthy sexuality. This textbook does not follow this approach, for better or for worse.

[Scribblescribe · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the textbook for my psychology elective class on Human Sexuality. It was better than most books I've read lately though it didn't offer too terribly much to me in terms of novel information. I would say it is worth the read and that every human being's sexuality education should extend beyond the safe-sex information often offered in sex-ed classes in high school. I did take issue with some of the information in this book that I felt was inaccurate. I took things with a grain of salt because the field of sexology is a very new field which is wanting in much scientific research.

[Cherilee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obviously a textbook but a great textbook on human sexuality. However, I probably wouldn't simply recommend it for light reading :P