Men and Sex
A Sexual Script Approach

Informed by sexual script theory, this highly readable book provides a comprehensive account of all aspects of male sexuality.

Philip Graham (Author)

9781316635216, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 September 2019

325 pages
15.5 x 23 x 1.5 cm, 0.5 kg

'Philip Graham provides an interesting perspective of male sexuality. By using a 'sexual scripting' approach, he has been able to describe a wide range of sexual experiences in men and boys. This is backed up by a very substantial review of the relevant literature.' John Bancroft, The Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington

Men and Sex provides a comprehensive yet accessible account of male sexuality by using the theoretical concept of the 'sexual script' to illuminate different aspects of men's sexual behaviour. Graham begins by discussing different theories of sexuality, before providing a more detailed description of sexual script theory. This proposes how male sexual behaviour can be explained as a result of cultural influences modified by individual experience and personality as well as by interaction with others. Individual chapters detail the development of sexual scripts in childhood and adolescence, masturbation, cultural influences on sexuality, heterosexual behaviour, variations and problems in sexual functioning, homosexual behaviour, transsexualism, procreative sex, coercive sexual behaviour, the impact of physical and mental health problems on sexuality, and sexuality and pornography. The concluding chapter looks at the future of male sexuality. The book makes a valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature on masculinity studies.

1. Introduction
2. The development of male sexual scripts in childhood
3. Self-pleasuring and sexual scripts
4. Male sexual scenarios
5. Sex with women: individual differences and interpersonal interactions
6. Male sexuality: variations and problems
7. Sex with men
8. Transgender and sexuality
9. Procreative sex: making (and not making) babies
10. Coercive sex
11. Physical and mental impairment: impact on male sexual scripts
12. Male sexuality and pornography
13. Conclusion: the future of male sexuality
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Sexual behaviour [JMU], Psychology of gender [JMG], Psychology [JM], Sociology: sexual relations [JHBK5], Gender studies: men [JFSJ2]