Sexual Inequalities and Social Justice [Paperback]

This pioneering collection of ten ethnographically rich essays signals the emergence of a new paradigm of social analysis committed to understanding and analyzing social oppression in the context of sexuality and gender. The contributors, an interdisciplinary group of social scientists representing anthropology, sociology, public health, and psychology, illuminate the role of sexuality in producing and reproducing inequality, difference, and structural violence among a range of populations in various geographic, historical, and cultural arenas. In particular, the essays consider racial minorities including Hispanics, Koreans, and African Americans; discuss disabled people; examine issues including substance abuse, sexual coercion, and HIV/AIDS; and delve into other topics including religion and politics. Rather than emphasizing sexuality as an individual trait, the essays view it as a social phenomenon, focusing in particular on cultural meaning and real-world processes of inequality such as racism and homophobia. The authors address the complex and challenging question of how the research under discussion here can make a real contribution to the struggle for social justice.

Niels Teunisis Assistant Professor in the Program in Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University.Gilbert H. Herdtis Director of the National Sexuality Resource Center and Professor in Human Sexuality Studies at San Francisco State University. Among his books isRitualized Homosexuality in Melanesia(UC Press).

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Analysis of Sexual Inequality
NIELS TEUNIS AND GILBERT HERDT

Part One: Sexual Coercion and Sexual Stigma
1. Childhood Sexual Abuse and HIV among Latino Gay Men: The Price of Sexual Silence during the AIDS Epidemic
SONYA GRANT ARREOLA
2. In Our Own Backyard: HIV/AIDS Stigmatization in the Latino Gay Community
RAFAEL M. D?AZ
3. Knowing Girls:lC!