Human Sexuality

Zusatztext

The purpose of this monograph is, firstly, to present and examine the historical development of the discourse, theories and key studies that have been done on sexuality since the late Middle Age (fourteenth century); secondly, the purpose is to present and analyze the development of human sexual practice, from infancy to adulthood, based on accumulated knowledge, from the debut of the first scientific studies on sexuality (nineteenth century) to today. This monograph is divided into two parts: The first part presents successively the historical development of discourse on sexuality in Western societies and in other societies worldwide (Chapter I); the historical development of theories on sexuality (Chapter II); and the historical development of the key scientific studies that have been done on sexuality (Chapter III). The second part presents the development of sexual practice, in humans, since childhood (Chapter IV) to adolescence and adulthood (Chapter V). In this part, we also describe the homosexual sexual practice in modern societies and in other traditional societies such as pre-colonial South Pacific, pre-colonial African, and pre-Colombian American societies (Chapter VI).

Autorenportrait

Germano Vera Cruz is a professor, researcher, psychologist, sexologist, journalist and writer. He is the author of several scientific articles and books in the field of sexuality, love relationships, physical attractiveness, violence against women, empathy and forgiveness, intercultural communication. He also published novels and travel stories.

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