This feature is consistently rated by students as a favorite. It developed out of my experiences in the classroom. I noticed that students loved to learn “fun facts” about sexuality and they would talk to their friends after class about them. I loved this! My students had become teachers and were taking the facts they had learned outside the classroom. Many long discussions were born out of these fun facts. The majority of SexBytes in the Second Edition have been updated with new and cutting-edge research. They are placed where appropriate throughout the book and contain information from both current and classic research studies.
For example, Chapter 3 contains SexBytes about Turner’s syndrome and age of diagnosis (see page 73); transsexual athletes and professional sports (see page 88); and parenting and gender (see page 95). Chapter 6 contains SexBytes about the menstrual cycle and nonverbal communication (see page 166); gender and Internet usage (see page 168); and teenagers and tanning bed usage (see page 175). Chapter 10 contains SexBytes about the psychosocial aspects of orgasmic pleasure (see page 295); gender differences in sexual behaviors (see page 303); and masturbation and sperm concentration (see page 313). Chapter 11 contains SexBytes about civil unions and stress (see page 329); children and same-sex couple households (see page 332); and male homosexuality and family size (see page 334).