Renting Lacy
Step into the darkness of the trafficking underworld. Meet the actual people who live there. Hear their words — and sense the terror and despair. Is there hope? Decide for yourself. Read this extraordinary book and encounter the truth face-to-face. This is perhaps the most shocking book you’ll ever read ... but essential reading for every concerned American.
Pornified
Journalist Pamela Paul explores the pervasiveness of pornography as well as the damage it causes to individuals, families and American culture in her book, Pornified. Using research and personal interviews she discusses the specific effects of pornography on men, women, children and relationships.
Taking Sex Differences Seriously
Taking Sex Differences Seriously essentially discredits the idea that differences between men and women are socially constructed and, instead, argues that they are intrinsic and not to be taken lightly. Basing his writing on years of scientific research and teaching experience, Steven Rhoads, Ph.D., professor of Public Policy at the University of Virginia, argues that men and women are inherently different and that sex differences are deeply rooted in human nature.
Unhooked
Laura Sessions Stepp, a Washington Post reporter, followed nine young women (three in high school, three at Duke University (Duke) and three at George Washington University (GW)) over the course of an academic year to discover what "hooking up" is all about. She attended class with them, socialized with them, and listened to them discuss their social life. All of the girls except two had hooked up, some more than others. Their names were changed to protect their identities.
When Sex Goes to School
Kristin Luker, Ph.D., professor of Sociology at the University of California, spent two decades researching the evolution of sex education in the United States. To undertake her research, Dr. Luker studied four very different communities around the country, including one suburban East Coast town, a West Coast rural small town, a small community in the south, and an affluent community in the Rust Belt East. In each, she spent long periods of time interviewing and getting to know people who were passionate about abstinence education as well as those passionate about comprehensive sex education.
Forbidden Fruit
Mark D. Regnerus, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor of Sociology and a Faculty Research Associate in the Population Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. In writing this book, he employed a variety of research methods and drew upon several different data sources on American youth. His three primary sources were the national Survey of Youth and Religion, of which he was a project co-investigator, the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, and the National Survey of Family Growth. The book's main purpose is to take an extended look into the real lives of American teenagers and to document whether or not religious faith affects how they think about sexuality and how they behave.
Hooked
This isn't merely another stern warning about teenage sex. HOOKED is a journey of discovery into the human brain when we are at our most vulnerable. Society tells us that sex is an act of self-expression, a personal choice for physical pleasure that can be summed up in the ubiquitous phrase, "hooking up." But what happens when those relationships end? When the physcial pleasure is a memory and the person you shared it with is gone? Millions of American teenagers and young adults are finding that the psychological baggage of such behavior is having a real and lasting impact on their lives. They are discovering that "hooking up" is the easy part, but "unhooking" from the bonds of a sexual relationship can have serious consequences.
Questions Kids Ask About Sex: Honest Answers for Every Age
Studies show that parents have the single greatest influence on their kids, but many are paralyzed by the prospect of talking about sex. This indispensable guide gives candid, practical, age-appropriate insights that can help even the most squeamish parent overcome their obstacles and "sieze the day" to protect the health, hope and happiness of their children. Finally...the real world answers to the honest and inquisitive questions today's kids are asking!
Simple Truths with Mary Flo Ridley
This resource walks parents step-by-step through the process of establishing healthy values in the home, and answering tough questions that young children have about sex. (Parents of preschool - Faith-based)
Out of the Shadows
Sex is at the core of our identities. And when it becomes a compulsion, it can unravel our lives.Out of the Shadows is the premier work on this disorder, written by a pioneer in its treatment. Revised and updated to include the latest research-and to address the exploding phenomenon of cybersex addiction-this third edition identifies the danger signs, explains the dynamics, and describes the consequences of sexual addiction and dependency. With practical wisdom and spiritual clarity, it points the way out of the shadows of sexual compulsion and back into the light and fullness of life.