Table of Contents

A-Z of Entries. Addiction. Age. Authenticity. Autonomy. Bisexuality. Blackmail. Bodies. Bohemia. Boundaries. Care. Citizenship. Commitment. Community. Commodities. Consent. Construction. Cultures. Curiosity. Cybersex. Death. Democracy. Desire. Dirt. Disease. Drugs. Ecstasy. Equality. Eros. Essence. Experiments. Families. Fantasy. Femininity. Feminism. Fetish. Friendship. Fundamentalism. Gay. Gender. Genes. Globalisation. Heterosexuality. Homosexuality. Homophobia. Identity. Individualism. Intimacy. Jealousy. Knowledge. Lesbianism. Liberation. Love. Masculinity. Marriage. Masturbation. Metrosexuality. Movements. Needs. Orgasm. Otherness. Paedophilia. Parenting. Partnership. Panic. Performance. Perversion. Phallus. Pleasure. Polyamorous. Pornography. Prostitution. Power. Privacy. Queer. Race. Religion. Regulation. Relationships. Reproduction. Respect. Responsibility. Rights. Rites. Sadomasochism. Safety. Science. Sexuality. Sodomy. Space. Stories. Tourism. Tradition. Transgender. Transgression. Utopia. Values. Vice. Victims. Violence. Voyeurism. Words.

About the Author

Jeffrey Weeks is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at London South Bank University, having previously held senior management posts there as Executive Dean, (Arts and Human Sciences), and University Director of Research. His publications have been chiefly concerned with the history and sociology of sexuality and intimate life, and he is the author of more than a hundred articles and over twenty books. Recent publications include The World We Have Won (2007) and Sexuality, third edition (2009).