Book reviews

Survey the state of the art

Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles. By Anne M. Johnson, Jane Wads worth, Kay Wellings, and Julia Field. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994, 499 pages. Hardcover, $50.00.

Why god really didn't condemn homosexual relations, even though many are convinced he did

What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality. By Daniel A. Helminiak. San Francisco: Alamo Square Press, 1994, 115 pages. Paper, $9.95.

A safari through sexuality's terra incognita

A Research Guide to Human Sexuality. By Kara Ellynn Lichten‐berg. New York: Garland Publishing, 1994, 528 pages. Hardcover, $75.00.

A child's garden of sexuality

The Sexual Life of Children. By Floyd M. Martinson. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 1994, 168 pages. Cloth, $45.00.

Serge and Bacchus: Out of the closet at last

Same‐Sex Unions in Premodern Europe. By John Boswell. New York: Villard Books, 1994, 412 pages, cloth, $25.00.

Learning to “trust their lust”: Women who love sex

Women Who Love Sex. By Gina Ogden, Ph.D. New York: Pocket Books, 1993, 278 pages, cloth, $21.00.

Evolutionary psychology: the emergence of a framework for the behavioral sciences

The Evolution of Desire: Strategies of Human Mating. By David M. Buss. New York: Basic Books, 1994, 262 pages. Hardcover, $22.00.

Censorship: The wolf's new clothing

Sex and Sensibility: Reflections on Forbidden Mirrors and the Will to Censor. By Marcia Pally. Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1994, 198 pages. Paper, $11.00.

Consensual S&M: a continuum of experience as described in the most definitive text so far

Different Loving, An Exploration of the World of Sexual Dominance and Submission. By Gloria G. Brame, William D. Brame, and Jon Jacobs. New York: Villard Books, 1993, 539 pages. Hardcover, $25.00 USA, $32.50 Canada.

Madonna. (1992). Sex. New York: Warner.

von Sacher‐Masoch, L. (1928). Venus in furs. New York: Anthropological Press.