Gay science : the ethics of sexual orientation research / Timothy F. Murphy.
Gay science : the ethics of sexual orientation research / Timothy F. Murphy.
Gay science : the ethics of sexual orientation research / Timothy F. Murphy.
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New York : Columbia University Press, c1997.
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N306.766072/1
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English
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268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Scientific Accounts of Sexual Orientation -- 2. The Value of Sexual Orientation Research -- 3. The Practice of Sexual Orientation Therapy -- 4. Controlling the Sexual Orientation of Children -- 5. The Use of Sexual Orientation Tests -- 6. Sexual Orientation Research, Nature, and the Law -- 7. Sci...
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New York : Columbia University Press, c1997.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c1997.
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Murphy acknowledges that much of sexual orientation research to date has been bad science, questionable in its motives and methodologically unsound. He examines the social and historical conditions, from the 1880s to the present, that spawned this research and reviews the findings that have often perpetuated confusion about homosexuality. He assess...
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Gay science : the ethics of sexual orientation research / Timothy F. Murphy.
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Between men--between women.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-258) and index.
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c1997.
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N306.766072/1
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74VMjzl5R7PX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMjzl5R7PX
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0231108486 (alk. paper)
9780231108485 (alk. paper)
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306.766072
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991001096139702626
