Human Sexuality Media Report
Human Sexuality Media Report
read one book and watch one documentary movie related to human sexuality.
Choose one book from the list that in" rel="nofollow">interests you:
1. Because It Feels Good: A Woman’s Guide to Sexual Pleasure and Satisfaction (Herbenick, 2009)
2. Becomin" rel="nofollow">ing Orgasmic: A Sexual and Personal Growth Program for Women (Heiman & LoPiccolo, 1987)
3. Big Big Love: A Sex and Relationships Guide for People of Size (and Those Who Love Them) (Blank, 2011)
4. Bonk: The Curious Couplin" rel="nofollow">ing of Science and Sex (Roach, 2009)
5. Butch Queens Up in" rel="nofollow">in Pumps: Gender, performance, and ballroom culture in" rel="nofollow">in Detroit (Bailey,
2013)
6. Come as you are: The surprisin" rel="nofollow">ing new science that will transform your sex life (Nagoski,
2015)
7. Gettin" rel="nofollow">ing Bi: Voices of Bisexuals Around the World (Ochs & Rowley, 2009)
8. Great in" rel="nofollow">in Bed: Thrill the body... Blow the min" rel="nofollow">ind (Herbenick & Stoddard, 2011)
9. Payin" rel="nofollow">ing for It (Brown, 2013)
10. Read My Lips (Herbenick & Schick, 2011)
11. Secret Sex Lives: A Year on the Frin" rel="nofollow">inges of American Sexuality (Spencer, 2012)
12. Sex Made Easy: Your Awkward Questions Answered (Herbenick, 2012)
13. Sexpertise: Real Answers to Real Questions about Sex (Sawyer, 2008)
14. The Joy of Gay Sex; Revised and expanded 3rd edition (Silverstein" rel="nofollow">in & Picano, 2006)
15. The Joy of Sex: The Ultimate Revised Edition (Comfort, 2009)
16. The Kid: What happened after my boyfriend and I decided to go get pregnant (Savage, 2000)
17. The New Male Sexuality: The Truth about Men, Sex, & Pleasure (Zilbergeld, 1999)
18. The Orgasm Answer Guide (Whipple & Komisaruk, 2009)
19. The Science of Orgasm (Komisaruk, Beyer-Flores, & Whipple, 2006)
20. The Vagin" rel="nofollow">ina Monologues (Ensler, 2001)
21. The Whole Lesbian Sex Book: A Passionate Guide for All of Us (Newman, 2004)
Choose one documentary movie from the list that in" rel="nofollow">interests you:
1. (A)Sexual
2. And the Band Played On
3. Dr. Money and The Boy with No Penis
4. Hot Girls Wanted
5. Middle Sexes: Redefin" rel="nofollow">inin" rel="nofollow">ing He and She
6. Nefarious: Merchant of Souls
7. Paris is Burnin" rel="nofollow">ing
8. Sexy Baby
9. The Busin" rel="nofollow">iness of Bein" rel="nofollow">ing Born
10. The Huntin" rel="nofollow">ing Ground
11. The Last Taboo
12. The Ryan White Story
13. The Times of Harvey Milk
14. Tremblin" rel="nofollow">ing before G-d
15. We Were Here
16. Word is Out
To complete the assignment, read your chosen book and watch one of the documentary movies. Please make note about thin" rel="nofollow">ings that you have learned and/or that in" rel="nofollow">interest you.
For your paper, please do the followin" rel="nofollow">ing:
1. Provide a brief summary of the media (1-2 paragraphs each) and why you chose that
specific book or movie.
2. Identify the in" rel="nofollow">intended audience of the media (e.g., college students, homosexual men,
elderly people, women or men of a certain" rel="nofollow">in age, policy makers, academics, etc.) and
describe why you feel this is true.
3. To what extent do you feel that the in" rel="nofollow">information in" rel="nofollow">in the media is credible? Why or why
not? What kin" rel="nofollow">inds of in" rel="nofollow">information are used (for example: personal stories, scientific evidence, personal experience or opin" rel="nofollow">inions)? Is this kin" rel="nofollow">ind of in" rel="nofollow">information reliable enough for you? What would make the media “stronger” in" rel="nofollow">in its ability to convey reliable in" rel="nofollow">information to you?
4. How does this media relate to course topics (if at all)? How does the in" rel="nofollow">information provided address questions or concerns that you, your friends, or other college students may have?
5. What did you learn from this media, if anythin" rel="nofollow">ing? Provide up to 2 examples. If you learned nothin" rel="nofollow">ing, describe why you thin" rel="nofollow">ink that is.
6. What types of people would you recommend this media to? If you would not recommend it to others, why would you not?
7. What did you like or dislike about the media? 2