Sex and Reason

Intro -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Part One. The History of Sexuality -- 1. Theoretical Sexology -- The Development of the Field -- Social Constructionism (with a Glance at Gender Disorders) -- Other Threads in the Multidisciplinary Tapestry -- 2. Autres Temps, Autres Moeurs -- The History of Western Sexual Mores -- The Sexual Mores of Non-Western Cultures -- 3. Sexuality and Law -- Part Two. A Theory of Sexuality -- 4. The Biology of Sex -- The Biological Basis and Character of "Normal" Sex -- The Biology of "Deviant" Sex -- Conclusion and Critique -- 5. Sex and Rationality -- The Benefits of Sex -- The Costs of Sex -- Complementarity of Sexual Practices -- 6. The History of Sexuality from the Perspective of Economics -- Greek Love and the Institutionalization of Pederasty -- Monasticism, Puritanism, and Christian Sex Ethics -- Swedish Permissiveness -- Three Stages in the Evolution of Sexual Morality -- 7. Optimal Regulation of Sexuality -- The Model of Morally Indifferent Sex Elaborated -- The Externalities of Sex -- Incest and Revulsion -- The Efficacy of Sexual Regulations -- Designing an Optimal Punishment Scheme for Sex Crimes -- The Political Economy of Sexual Regulation -- 8. Moral Theories of Sexuality -- Are Moral Theories Falsifiable? -- Christian and Liberal Theories of Sex -- Sexual Radicals -- Part Three. The Regulation of Sexuality -- 9. Marriage and the Channeling of Sex -- Restrictions on Marrying -- Regulating Nonmarital Sex -- 10. The Control of Pregnancy -- Contraception -- Abortion -- 11. Homosexuality: The Policy Questions -- The Phenomenon Reconsidered -- Relations between Consenting Adults: Sodomy Laws and Homosexual Marriage -- Discrimination against Homosexuals, with Particular Reference to Military Service -- 12. The Sexual Revolution in the Courts -- From Griswold v. Connecticut to Roe v. Wade.