Sexual Orientation: Toward Biological Understanding - Hardcover

Lee Ellis

 
9780275956516: Sexual Orientation: Toward Biological Understanding
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0275956512 ISBN 13: 9780275956516
Publisher: Praeger (UK), 1997

Synopsis

Genetic, hormonal, neurological, and other biological factors need to be taken into account to fully understand sexual orientation. This work represents the latest research and theory on causes of variation in sexual orientation. It looks at sexual orientation as a cross-species phenomenon with numerous determining factors.

This work is a collection of chapters by some of the leading researchers in the scientific study of sexual orientation. The theory that many genetic, hormonal, neurological, and other biological factors need to be taken into account to fully understand sexual orientation is espoused in this book. It presents much of the latest research on the causes of variation in sexual orientation and related phenomena. It views sexual orientation as a cross-species phenomenon with both biological and environmental determinants.

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About the Author

LEE ELLIS is Professor in the Sociology Department at Minot State University in North Dakota. He is the author of Theories of Rape: Inquiries into the Causes of Sexual Aggression, Research Methods in the Social Science: A Practical Introduction, and is the co-editor of Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts (Praeger, 1990). Volume one, Social Stratification and Socioeconomic Inequality: A Comparative Biosocial Analysis, was released by Praeger in 1993.

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Publisher
Praeger (UK)
Publication date
1997
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0275956512
ISBN 13 
9780275956516
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
304