Kiss and Tell : : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / / Julia A. Ericksen.
Learning the details of others' sex lives is the most enticing of guilty pleasures. We measure our own practices against the "normalcy" that sex surveys seek to capture. Special interest groups use or attack survey findings (such as the claim that 10% of Americans are gay) for their o...
Saved in:
VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
MitwirkendeR: | |
Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2001 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
9780674036574 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(DE-B1597)584982 (OCoLC)1294425378 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Ericksen, Julia A., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Kiss and Tell : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / Julia A. Ericksen. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009] ©2001 1 online resource (284 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Asking Questions about Sex -- 2 In Urgent Need of the Facts -- 3 Sex in the Service of the Conjugal Bond -- 4 Sex before Marriage -- 5 Adolescent Fertility -- 6 Coupling and Uncoupling -- 7 Excising the Experts -- 8 Gay Men and AIDS -- 9 Politics and Sex Surveys -- 10 The Story Continues -- 11 Reforming Sex Research -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Learning the details of others' sex lives is the most enticing of guilty pleasures. We measure our own practices against the "normalcy" that sex surveys seek to capture. Special interest groups use or attack survey findings (such as the claim that 10% of Americans are gay) for their own ends. Indeed, we all have some stake in these surveys, be it self-justification, recrimination, or curiosity--and this testifies to their significance in our culture. Kiss and Tell chronicles the history of sex surveys in the United States over a century of changing social and sexual mores. Julia Ericksen and Sally Steffen reveal that the survey questions asked, more than the answers elicited, expose and shape the popular image of appropriate sexuality. We can learn as much about the history and practice of sexuality by looking at surveyors' changing concerns as we can by reading the results of their surveys. The authors show how surveys have reflected societal anxieties about adolescent development, teen sex and promiscuity, and AIDS, and have been employed in efforts to preserve marriage and to control women's sexuality. Kiss and Tell is an important examination of the role of social science in shaping American sexual patterns. Revealing how surveys of sexual behavior help create the issues they purport merely to describe, it reminds us how malleable and imperfect our knowledge of sexual behavior is. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jul 2024) HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century. bisacsh Steffen, Sally A., contributor. ctb https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674036574?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674036574 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674036574/original |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Ericksen, Julia A., Ericksen, Julia A., |
spellingShingle |
Ericksen, Julia A., Ericksen, Julia A., Kiss and Tell : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Asking Questions about Sex -- 2 In Urgent Need of the Facts -- 3 Sex in the Service of the Conjugal Bond -- 4 Sex before Marriage -- 5 Adolescent Fertility -- 6 Coupling and Uncoupling -- 7 Excising the Experts -- 8 Gay Men and AIDS -- 9 Politics and Sex Surveys -- 10 The Story Continues -- 11 Reforming Sex Research -- Notes -- Index |
author_facet |
Ericksen, Julia A., Ericksen, Julia A., Steffen, Sally A., Steffen, Sally A., |
author_variant |
j a e ja jae j a e ja jae |
author_role |
VerfasserIn VerfasserIn |
author2 |
Steffen, Sally A., Steffen, Sally A., |
author2_variant |
s a s sa sas s a s sa sas |
author2_role |
MitwirkendeR MitwirkendeR |
author_sort |
Ericksen, Julia A., |
title |
Kiss and Tell : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / |
title_sub |
Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / |
title_full |
Kiss and Tell : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / Julia A. Ericksen. |
title_fullStr |
Kiss and Tell : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / Julia A. Ericksen. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Kiss and Tell : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / Julia A. Ericksen. |
title_auth |
Kiss and Tell : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / |
title_alt |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Asking Questions about Sex -- 2 In Urgent Need of the Facts -- 3 Sex in the Service of the Conjugal Bond -- 4 Sex before Marriage -- 5 Adolescent Fertility -- 6 Coupling and Uncoupling -- 7 Excising the Experts -- 8 Gay Men and AIDS -- 9 Politics and Sex Surveys -- 10 The Story Continues -- 11 Reforming Sex Research -- Notes -- Index |
title_new |
Kiss and Tell : |
title_sort |
kiss and tell : surveying sex in the twentieth century / |
publisher |
Harvard University Press, |
publishDate |
2009 |
physical |
1 online resource (284 p.) |
contents |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Asking Questions about Sex -- 2 In Urgent Need of the Facts -- 3 Sex in the Service of the Conjugal Bond -- 4 Sex before Marriage -- 5 Adolescent Fertility -- 6 Coupling and Uncoupling -- 7 Excising the Experts -- 8 Gay Men and AIDS -- 9 Politics and Sex Surveys -- 10 The Story Continues -- 11 Reforming Sex Research -- Notes -- Index |
isbn |
9780674036574 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674036574?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674036574 https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674036574/original |
illustrated |
Not Illustrated |
doi_str_mv |
10.4159/9780674036574?locatt=mode:legacy |
oclc_num |
1294425378 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT ericksenjuliaa kissandtellsurveyingsexinthetwentiethcentury AT steffensallya kissandtellsurveyingsexinthetwentiethcentury |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(DE-B1597)584982 (OCoLC)1294425378 |
carrierType_str_mv |
cr |
is_hierarchy_title |
Kiss and Tell : Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century / |
author2_original_writing_str_mv |
noLinkedField noLinkedField |
_version_ |
1806143157424881664 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>03815nam a2200553 4500 </leader><controlfield tag="001">9780674036574</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-B1597</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20240703114541.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m|||||o||d||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr || ||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">240703t20092001mau fo d z eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9780674036574</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="024" ind1="7" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">10.4159/9780674036574</subfield><subfield code="2">doi</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-B1597)584982</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)1294425378</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="c">DE-B1597</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">mau</subfield><subfield code="c">US-MA</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="072" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HIS037070</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Ericksen, Julia A., </subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield><subfield code="4">http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Kiss and Tell :</subfield><subfield code="b">Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century /</subfield><subfield code="c">Julia A. Ericksen.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Cambridge, MA : </subfield><subfield code="b">Harvard University Press, </subfield><subfield code="c">[2009]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">©2001</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (284 p.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="b">c</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="b">cr</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="347" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text file</subfield><subfield code="b">PDF</subfield><subfield code="2">rda</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="0" ind2="0"><subfield code="t">Frontmatter -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Acknowledgments -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Contents -- </subfield><subfield code="t">1 Asking Questions about Sex -- </subfield><subfield code="t">2 In Urgent Need of the Facts -- </subfield><subfield code="t">3 Sex in the Service of the Conjugal Bond -- </subfield><subfield code="t">4 Sex before Marriage -- </subfield><subfield code="t">5 Adolescent Fertility -- </subfield><subfield code="t">6 Coupling and Uncoupling -- </subfield><subfield code="t">7 Excising the Experts -- </subfield><subfield code="t">8 Gay Men and AIDS -- </subfield><subfield code="t">9 Politics and Sex Surveys -- </subfield><subfield code="t">10 The Story Continues -- </subfield><subfield code="t">11 Reforming Sex Research -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Notes -- </subfield><subfield code="t">Index</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="506" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">restricted access</subfield><subfield code="u">http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec</subfield><subfield code="f">online access with authorization</subfield><subfield code="2">star</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Learning the details of others' sex lives is the most enticing of guilty pleasures. We measure our own practices against the "normalcy" that sex surveys seek to capture. Special interest groups use or attack survey findings (such as the claim that 10% of Americans are gay) for their own ends. Indeed, we all have some stake in these surveys, be it self-justification, recrimination, or curiosity--and this testifies to their significance in our culture. Kiss and Tell chronicles the history of sex surveys in the United States over a century of changing social and sexual mores. Julia Ericksen and Sally Steffen reveal that the survey questions asked, more than the answers elicited, expose and shape the popular image of appropriate sexuality. We can learn as much about the history and practice of sexuality by looking at surveyors' changing concerns as we can by reading the results of their surveys. The authors show how surveys have reflected societal anxieties about adolescent development, teen sex and promiscuity, and AIDS, and have been employed in efforts to preserve marriage and to control women's sexuality. Kiss and Tell is an important examination of the role of social science in shaping American sexual patterns. Revealing how surveys of sexual behavior help create the issues they purport merely to describe, it reminds us how malleable and imperfect our knowledge of sexual behavior is.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="538" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="546" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">In English.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 03. Jul 2024)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="7"><subfield code="a">HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.</subfield><subfield code="2">bisacsh</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Steffen, Sally A., </subfield><subfield code="e">contributor.</subfield><subfield code="4">ctb</subfield><subfield code="4">https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674036574?locatt=mode:legacy</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674036574</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="3">Cover</subfield><subfield code="u">https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674036574/original</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_BACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_CL_HICS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBACKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ECL_HICS</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_EEBKALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_ESSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_PPALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">EBA_SSHALL</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="912" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">GBV-deGruyter-alles</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |