Sex, Cells, and Same-Sex Desire

Sex, cells, and same-sex desire : the biology of sexual preference describes, reviews, and questions recent biological research on sexual preference. Based on the point of view of knowledgeable scientists as well as scholars in the social sciences and humanities, these essays place the biological research within the emerging field of queer studies. The issues involved have a vibrant history, are wide-ranging, and remain the subject of much controversy. The contributors. To this book demystify biological research on sexual preference and make it accessible to readers unfamiliar with it and its terminology. A glossary of terms used by the contributors is included, so readers may look up those terms with which they may be unfamiliar.