Abstract
Part I: Historical and religious perspectives: Vern Bullough: The Kinsey scale in historical perspective John Boswell: Sexual and ethical categories in premodern Europe Bruce Voeller: Some uses and abuses of the Kinsey scale Part II: Psychobiological perspective: John Money: Agenda and credenda of the Kinsey scale Richard E. Whalen, David C. Geary, & Frank Johnson: Models of sexuality Louis Gooren: Biomedical theories of sexual orientation: a critical examination Richard C. Pillard: The Kinsey scale: is it familial? John Bancroft: Commentary: biological contributions to sexual orientation Part III: Evolutionary perspective: James D. Weinrich: The Kinsey scale, with a note on Kinsey the biologist Ronald D. Nadler: Homosexual behavior in nonhuman primates Leonard A. Rosenblum: Primates, homo sapiens, and homosexuality Part IV: Cultural and sociological perspectives: John H. Gagnou: Gender preference in erotic relations: The Kinsey scale and sexual scripts Gilbert Herdt: Developmental discontinuities and sexual orientation across cultures Part V: Identity development perspective: Vivienne C. Cass: The implications of homosexual identity formation for the Kinsey model and scale of sexual preference Eli Coleman: Toward a synthetic understanding of sexual orientation Frita Klein: The need to view sexual orientation as a multivariable dynamic process: A theoretical perspective Richard A. Isay: Psychoanalytic theory and the therapy of gay men Part VI: Relational perspective: Philip Blumstein, & Pepper Schwartz: Intimate relationships and the creation of sexuality Letitia Anne Peplau, & Susan D. Cochran: A relational perspective on homosexuality Margaret Nichols: Lesbian relationships: implications for the study of sexuality and gender Part VII: conceptual and theoretical perspectives: John P. De Cecco: Sex and more sex: a critique of the Kinsey conception of human sexuality Noretta Koertge: Constructing concepts of sexuality - a philosophical commentary.
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