About the Book | Heterosexuality

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The Psychology of Heterosexuality

"The term heterosexuality, assumed to describe a sex-love older than Methuselah, is of quite recent origin, and has a history of changing, contested definitions"
Jonathan Ned Katz, The Invention of Heterosexuality (2007)

Contents of the Book

SECTION ONE:

SITUATING HETEROSEXUALITY

The History of heterosexuality
Theorising heterosexuality
Researching heterosexuality

Section Two:

RE/PRODUCE HETEROSEXUALITY

Unravelling sex and gender
The sexed/gendered brain and body
Gender and sexual development

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Section Three:

DOING HETEROSEXUALITY

Attraction, dating and casual sex
Love, cohabitation and committed relationships
When heterosexuality goes wrong

Section Four:

MEDIATING HETEROSEXUALITY

Mainstream media, social media and “pop culture”
Adult media and “porn culture"
Sex work and “paid culture”

Section Five:

RE/THINKING HETEROSEXUALITY

Implications for theory
Implications for research
Implications for teaching
Implications for clinical work
Implications for policy

"Historically, heterosexuality has largely been ignored in psychological theory and research"

Farvid, Heterosexuality (2015)

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