Sexualities & Relationships

Preface
The Complexities of Sexualities and Relationships in the 21^st Century

I Attraction and Our Senses
1Hormones complex Role in Human Sexuality
2 Science Asks: What’s the Attraction? Social, Biological Factors Are in Play
3 Puckering Up Now Just Lip Service?
4 Hold Me Tight

II Relationship Decisions
5 Just Friends? Can a Platonic Relationships Turn Passionate? And If It Could, Would You Want It To?
6 College Relationships Veer from Tradition: Sex First, Dating Later
7 New Research Says Women Bitterly Regret One-Night Stands
8 The Young and the Restless: Why Infidelity Is Rising Among 20-Somethings
9 Lost Love – Guess Who’s Back?

III Sexualities in the Adult Years: Being Single, Living Together, Marriage, Divorce
10 Lone Stars: Being Single
11 New Data – and New Views – on Living Together
12 The Perils of Playing House
13 First the Marriage, Then the Courtship
14 Preparing for Divorce Pays Off: Realistic Look At What Life Will Be Like After Separation Can Make Couples Rethink Decision
15 The Next Same-Sex Challenge: Divorce

IV Challenging the Status Quo of Sexual Relationships
16 Queering Relationships: Toward a Paradigmatic Shift
17 Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships

V To Parent or Not to Parent?
18 Kids R Not Us
19 Knocking Yourself Up

VI Finance and Romance
20 The Key to Wedded Bliss? Money Matters
21 An Airfare to Remember; As the Cost of Travel Soars, Couples in Long-Distance Relationships Are Feeling the Pinch

VII Terminating Relationships
22 The Eight Stages of Ending a Relationship