The mismeasure of desire : the science, theory, and ethics of sexual orientation / Edward Stein.

Author: Stein, Edward, 1965-

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

Descriptionxi, 388 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Sex, gender, and sexual orientation -- What is sexual orientation? -- Human kinds -- Essentialism and constructionism about sexual orientation -- The emerging scientific program for the study of sexual orientation -- Animal models and evolutionary accounts in the emerging research program -- Critique of the emerging research program -- Experiential theories of sexual orientation -- Sexual orientation and choice -- Lesbian and gay rights and the science of sexual orientation -- Selecting and changing the sexual orientation of children -- Should scientific research on sexual orientation be done?

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-381) and index.

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