Sexual Interactions: The Social Construction of Atypical Sexual BehaviorsThis book provides an exploratory investigation into the world of atypical sexual variations and interactions, in particular, the intersections of homosexuality and ethnicity, sexual addiction and codependency, sex work and cabaret patronage, and Cybersex addiction. It deals primarily with the intrapersonal, interpersonal, historical, social, and cultural manifestations of such atypical interactions and their social construction as atypical behaviors. This book is primarily intended for graduate, and upper level undergraduate, students in psychology, sociology, family studies, and social sciences. Upon reading the book, readers will come to an understanding of how homosexuality, codependency, sex work, and Cybersex (Internet pornography) come to affect our emotional, psychological, sexual, and relational well being. This book is unique in the sense that it provides constextually rich information into such neglected and taboo topics by utilizing unique ethnographic and autoethnographic methodological means. |
Contents
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Conclusion | 23 |
Sexuality in Cypriot Culture | 30 |
Methodology | 36 |
Conclusion | 53 |
Nationalism Masculinity | 59 |
Tall Statues Deep Closets | 67 |
Military Service and the Greek Cypriot Rectum | 76 |
Perspectives | 103 |
Research Design | 110 |
The Present Day Cabaret | 117 |
Effects of Sex Trafficking | 138 |
Lost in High Tech | 145 |
References | 185 |
About the Authors | 213 |
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