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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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Author:   Lee Ellis ,  Brian A. Gladue ,  Linda Ebertz
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.611kg
ISBN:  

9780275956516

ISBN 10:   0275956512
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   30 October 1997
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Brian A. Gladue Preface Genetic and Perinatal Influences on Sexual Orientation Neuroendocrine Foundations of Diverse Sexual Phenotypes in Fish by Matthew S. Grober Experimental Alterations of Prenatal Determinants of Sexual Orientation and Sex-Typical Behavior in Non-Human Mammals by Craig H. Kinsley, Kelly Gurley Lambert, and Hendree Jones The Role of Prenatal Estrogens in Sexual Orientation by Heino F. L. Meyer-Bahlburg Sexual Behavior and Sexual Orientation in Females with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by Ralf W. Dittmann Perinatal Influences on Behavior and Health, with Special Emphasis on Sexual Orientation and Other Sex-Linked Behavior by Lee Ellis Neurological and Physiological Aspects of Sexual Orientation Sexual Differentiation of the Brain and Partner Preference in the Male Rat: Behavioral, Neuroanotomical and Neuroimmunocytochemical Studies by Julie Bakker and A. Koos Slob Sexual Orientation in the Domestic Ram: Some Biological and Social Correlates by Anne Perkins and James A. Fitzgerald Sexual Differentiation of the Human Hypothalamus: Differences According to Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Transsexuality by D. F. Swaab, J. N. Zhou, M. Fodor, and M. A. Hofman Sexual Orientation and Handedness: A Reanalysis of Recent Data and Research Considerations for Future Inquiry by David W. Holtzen Transsexuality and Adextrality: Do They Share a Common Origin? by Anna Herman-Jegliska, Stanislaw Dulko, and Anna Grabowska Sex, Sexual Orientation, and Cognition by Diane F. Halpren and Marciana Crothers References Name Index Subject Index

Reviews

Masterfully edited by Ellis and Ebertz, this volme brings together 11 of the 60 presentations made at the First International Behavioral Development Symposium: Biological Basis of Sexual Orientation and Sex-Typical Behavior.,. .An objective reading of Sexual Orientation: Toward Biological Understanding suggests even to the most skeptical reader the power of biology in influencing sexual orientation....Ellis and Ebertz...are to be congratulated for keeping true to their promise, given in the preface, of making the book readable to nonspecialists. Anyone interested on the current state of research into the biological origins of sexual orientation can do not better than to read this book. -Book Reviews

Author Information

LEE ELLIS is Professor, Department of Sociology at Minot State University. He has conducted research on biological influences on sexual orientation since the mid-1980s. His major interests are in the areas of the effects of genes, sex hormones, and brain functioning on all aspects of behavior, particularly behavior having to do with aggression, criminality, social stratification, and sexual orientation. Ellis is editor of several books, including Male/Female Differences in Behavior (Praeger,forthcoming), Social Stratification and Socioeconomic Inequality, Volume I (Praeger, 1993) and Volume II (Praeger, 1994), and (with Harry Hoffman) Crime in Biological, Social, and Moral Contexts (Praeger, 1990). LINDA EBERTZ helped organize the 1995 International Behavioral Development Symposium (along with Lee Ellis). She is a graduate of Minot State University.

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