Sources:
 

KinsMethod Bancroft, John (Ed), Researching Sexual Behavior. Indiana University Press, 1997.

KinsTheory Bancroft, John (Ed), Role of Theory in Sex Research. Indiana University Press, 1999.

JSRTheory Weis, David (Ed), The Use of Theory in Research and Scholarship on Sexuality, Journal of Sex Research, 35(1), Feb, 1998.

JSRMethod Catania, Joseph (Ed), Methods of Inquiry about Sex: New Advances, Journal of Sex Research, 36(1), Feb, 1999.
 

Course Outline:
 

Mon., Jan 22 Introduction
 

Mon., Jan 29 History

-Seidman, Steven. (1991). Romantic Longings. Routledge. Chs 3, 4 (Pp. 65-118)

-D'Emilio, John, & Freedman, Estelle. (1988). Intimate Matters. Harper & Row. Ch. 11 (Pp. 239-274)
 

Theory 1 - Overview

-Weis, David. The use of theory in sexuality research. JSRTheory, 1-9.

-DeLamater, John, & Hyde, Janet. Essentialism vs social constructionism in the study of human sexuality. JSRTheory, 10-18.
 

Mon., Feb 5 Theory 2 - Individual Level

-Buss, David. Sexual strategies theory: Historical origins and current status. JSRTheory, 19-31.

-Ehrhardt, Anke. Gender, sexuality, and human development. (Biopsychosocial models) KinsTheory, 3-16.

-Bem, Daryl. The exotic-becomes-erotic theory of sexual orientation. KinsTheory, 67-81.

-Hogben, Matthew, & Byrne, Donn. Using social learning theory to explain individual differences in human sexuality. JSRTheory, 58-71.
 

First Comment Paper due
 

Soc. 496/927, Page 2
 

Mon., Feb 12 Theory 3 - Dyad and Social Level

-Sprecher, Susan. Social exchange theories and sexuality. JSRTheory, 32-43.

-Longmore, Monica. Symbolic interactionism and the study of sexuality. JSRTheory, 44-57.

-DeLamater, John. A sociological perspective. In Geer, James, & O'Donohue, William (Eds), Theories of Human Sexuality. New York: Plenum, 237-256.
 

Mon., Feb 19 Research Methods 1 - Laboratory

-Rowland, David. Issues in the laboratory study of human sexual response: A synthesis for the nontechnical sexologist. JSRMethod, 3-15.
 

Second Comment Paper due
 

Mon., Feb 26 Research Methods 2 - Survey

-Turner, Charles, Miller, Heather, & Rogers, Susan. Survey measurement of sexual behavior: Problems and progress. KinsMethod, 37-60.

-Catania, Joseph. A framework for conceptualizing reporting bias and its antecedents in interviews assessing human sexuality. JSRMethod, 25-38.

-Gribble, James, Miller, Heather, Rogers, Susan, & Turner, Charles. Interview mode and measurement of sexual behaviors: Methodological issues. JSRMethod, 16-24.

-Ericksen, Julia. Kiss and Tell: Surveying Sex in the 20^th Century. Ch. 11, Politics and sex surveys (176-208). Harvard University Press, 1999.

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Mon., Mar 5 Research Methods 3 - Sampling

-Blair, Johnny. A probability sample of gay urban males: The use of two-phase adaptive sampling. JSRMethod, 39-44.

-Kanouse, David, et al. Drawing a probability sample of female street prostitutes in Los Angeles County. JSRMethod, 45-51.

-Doll, Lynda. Sexual behavior research: Studying bisexual men and women and lesbians. KinsMethod, 145-158.

_Johnson, Anne, & Copas, Andrew. Assessing participation bias. KinsMethod, 276-287.
 

Research statement due; includes question/hypothesis and review of relevant theories
 

Mon., Mar 12 Spring Break
 
 

Soc. 496/927, Page 3
 

Mon., Mar 19 Research Methods 4 - Qualitative Methods

-Morrison, Diane, Leigh, Barbara, & Gillmore, Mary Rogers. Daily data collection: A comparison of three methods. JSRMethod, 76-81.

-Turner, et al.

-Carpenter, Laura. (1998). From girls into women: Scripts for sexuality and romance in Seventeen Magazine, 1974-1994. Journal of Sex Research, 35(2), 158-168.

-Brumberg, Rae. The Body Project.
 

Mon., Mar 26 Sexual Orientation

-Bailey, Michael, & Pillard, Richard. (1995). Genetics of human sexual orientation. Annual Review of Sex Research, VI,

-Blanchard, Ray. (1997). Birth order and sibling sex ratio in homosexual vs. heterosexual males and females. Annual Review of Sex Research, VIII: 27-67.

-Peplau, Letitia, Spalding, Leah, Conley, Terri, & Venigas, Rosemary. (1999). The development of sexual orientation in women. Annual Review of Sex Research, X, 70-99.
 

Article Critique due
 

Mon., Apr 2 Sexual Motivation

-Pfaus, James C. (1999). Revisiting the concept of sexual motivation. Annual Review of Sex Research, X, 120-156.

-Hill, Craig. Journal of Sex Research,
 

Mon., Apr 9 Sexual Disorders and Sex Therapy

-Rowland, David L., & Koos Slob, A. (1997). Premature ejaculation: Psychophysiological considerations in theory, research, and treatment. Annual Review of Sex Research, VIII, 224-253.

-Heiman, Julia, & Meston, Cindy. (1997). Empirically validated treatment for sexual dysfunction. Annual Review of Sex Research, VIII, 148-194.

-Bradford, John, & Greenberg, D.M. (1996). Pharmacological treatment of deviant sexual behavior. Annual Review of Sex Research, VII, 283-306.

-Tiefer, Leonore. (1996). The medicalization of sexuality: Conceptual, normative, and professional issues. Annual Review of Sex Research, VII, 252-282.
 

Mon., Apr 16 Student presentations - 1
 

Mon., Apr 23 Student presentations - 2
 

Mon., Apr 30 Student presentations - 3
 

Mon., May 5 Wrap up Final Proposal due