What's Next in Love and Sex: Psychological and Cultural Perspectives
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Author Description
What's Next in Love and Sex is a comprehensive examination of contemporary academic findings relating to all matters of the mind, body, and heart. Inspired by questions asked by students, the book covers cutting-edge topics so new that they are rarely addressed in current sexuality texts, providing insight into modern trends such as hookup culture, virtual pornography, robots, apps, and online dating as they evolve in this day and age.Written by one of the pioneers of love and sex research, Elaine Hatfield, along with historian Richard Rapson and social psychologist Jeannette Purvis, this book uses contemporary scientific findings to provide an updated and relevant explanation for why we do the things we do when we're in love, searching for love, making love, or trying to keep a faltering relationship together. Combining rigorous scholarship with an accessible and entertaining style, no other book will give college students and academics alike such a developed understanding of contemporary love and sex.
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THE THESIS
This book investigates how contemporary psychological and cultural shifts are fundamentally altering the landscape of human intimacy, attraction, and romantic behavior. The authors, led by pioneering researcher Elaine Hatfield alongside historian Richard L. Rapson and social psychologist Jeannette Purvis, synthesize current scientific data to explain the evolution of modern relationship dynamics. By addressing emerging phenomena that traditional texts often overlook, the authors provide a framework for understanding the intersection of technology, social norms, and biological drives in the 21st century.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Analysis of modern dating trends including hookup culture and online dating applications
- Examination of the impact of virtual pornography and robotics on human intimacy
- Psychological explanations for relationship maintenance and dissolution
- Integration of historical context with contemporary social science research
Scope Limits
- The text focuses primarily on Western cultural perspectives and contemporary trends
- It does not provide clinical therapeutic advice for individual relationship counseling
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts recognize this work as a bridge between rigorous academic research and accessible inquiry for students and scholars. Readers frequently note that the prose remains engaging while maintaining the high standard of evidence expected from researchers in the field of human sexuality.
Page Count:
300
Publication Date:
2020-03-16
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190647167
ISBN-13:
9780190647162
Psychology
Man-woman relationships
Sex
Relationships
Academic
Sociology
Marriage & FamilyFamily Science
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