Biology, behavior, and human sexuality: Do public schools perpetuate and educational gender bias? Are men really from Mars and women from Venus? Is the model of normal and vandalized gendermaps/lovemaps biased? Can sexual orientation be changed? Should states fund sexuality research? --Issues in reproduction and health: Are abstinence-only sex education programs good for teenagers? Should schools distribute condoms? Should all female circumcision be banned? Should health insurers be required to pay for infertility treatments? Should contractual sex be legal? Has the legalization of abortion contributed to the falling crime rate? -- Legal and social issues: Should sexual relationships between professors and students be banned? Does recent pedophilia research threaten accepted moral standards? Should schools pay damages for student-on-student sexual harassment? Is pornography harmful to women? Should society recognize two kinds of marriage? Is chemical castration an acceptable punishment for male sex offenders? Should public libraries provide sexuality materials? Have the dangers of date rape been exaggerated?
Summary
"38 lively and thoughtful statements by articulate advocates on opposite sides of a variety of sexuality-related questions."--Preface.