Sexual Attitudes, Behaviors, and Relationships

I.    Studying Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors
        A.    Experimental Research on Sexual Attitudes
        B.    Survey Research on Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors
        C.    Research on Homosexual Sex

II.    Trends in Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors

II.    Social Context of Changing Sexual Standards: Explaining the Sexual Revolution

III.    Nonmarital Sexual Behavior in Adolescence

IV.    Adult Nonmarital Sexual Behavior:  Cohabitation
        A.    How Common is Cohabitation?
        B.    Why Have Cohabitation Rates Risen So Dramatically?
        C.    Who Cohabits?
        D.    Why Do People Choose to Cohabit?
        E.    What Are Cohabiting Relationships Like?
        F.    What Function Does Cohabitation Serve in Family Life?
        G.    Does Cohabitation Lead to More Stable Marriages?
 
V.    Marital Sexual Behavior

VI.    Extramarital Sex

VII.   Sexuality in Later Life

VIII.    Sexuality and the Perennial Variables
        A.    Race
        B.    Social Class
        C.    Gender

IX.    Sexuality and Sexually Transmitted Infections
        A.    Assessing Risk:  Infectivity, Partner Risk, Practice Risk
        B.    HIV/AIDS



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