Sex, Love, and Health in America

Acknowledgments
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Introduction: Setting the Scene
Edward O. Laumann and Robert T. Michael
Part 1: Sex during Adolescence
1. Teenage Sex and the Sexual Revolution
Kara Joyner and Edward O. Laumann
2. Choices Leading to Teenage Births
Robert T. Michael and Kara Joyner
Summary: Part 1, Sex during Adolescence
Part 2: Sex during Adulthood
3. Sexual Expression in America
Edward O. Laumann and Yoosik Youm
4. Sexual Contact between Children and Adults: A Life-Course Perspective
Christopher R. Browning and Edward O. Laumann
5. Race, Gender, and Class in Sexual Scripts
Jenna Mahay, Edward O. Laumann, and Stuart Michaels
6. Emotional and Physical Satisfaction with Sex in Married, Cohabiting, and Dating Sexual Unions: Do Men and Women Differ?
Linda J. Waite and Kara Joyner
Summary: Part 2, Sex during Adulthood
Part 3: Sex and Health
7. Circumcision in the United States: Prevalence, Prophylactic Effects, and Sexual Practice
Edward O. Laumann, Christopher M. Masi, and Ezra W. Zuckerman
8. Reported Changes in Sexual Behavior in Response to AIDS in the United States
Joel A. Feinleib and Robert T. Michael
9. Racial/Ethnic Group Differences in the Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States: A Network Explanation
Edward O. Laumann and Yoosik Youm
10. Sexual Dysfunction in the United States: Prevalence and Predictors
Edward O. Laumann, Anthony Paik, and Raymond C. Rosen
11. Abortion Decisions in the United States
Robert T. Michael
12. Private Sexual Behavior, Public Opinion, and Public Health Policy Related to Sexually Transmitted Diseases: A U.S.-British Comparison
Robert T. Michael, Jane Wadsworth, Joel A. Feinleib, Anne M. Johnson, Edward O. Laumann, and Kaye Wellings
Summary: Part 3, Sex and Health
Epilogue
13. Private Sex and Public Policy
Robert T. Michael
References
List of Contributors
Author Index
Subject Index