First-person accounts from both students and published sources appear in the Personal Voices feature. Personal Voices are included in most chapters to give students access to personal experiences of a variety of sexuality issues and their effects on people’s lives— learning about sex, first intercourse, coming out, abortion, rape, sexual variations, and sex after a heart attack.
Human Sexuality in a Diverse World
One way students can challenge their assumptions about sexuality is by understanding how attitudes and practices vary across and among cultures. In addition to cross-cultural and multicultural information integrated into chapter material, Human Sexuality in a Diverse World features present accounts, some lighthearted and some serious, of topics such as Internet-based sex research, how we talk about love, sex education in Brazil and Europe, and reasons for divorce in several cultures.