Publisher's Synopsis
This multicultural exploration of human sexuality ranges from the myths and taboos of ancient civilizations to the issues of the AIDS era and beyond. There are some norms within some sectors of society, but between societies there are often amazing and thought-provoking differences in sexual education and expectations, sexual imagery and body language, turn-ons and turn-offs, sexual orientation and sexual roles, concepts of "love", reproductive behaviour, patterns of marriage and cohabitation.