Virginia Rutter is professor of sociology at Framingham State University. She is a senior fellow of the Council on Contemporary Families and an editor and columnist at Girl w/ Pen, where she writes about gender and sexuality.
Pepper Schwartz is professor of sociology at the University of Washington, past chairman of the Board of the National Sexuality Resource Center, past president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and past president of the National Sexuality Resource Center. Author of numerous books, she is a senior fellow at the Council of Contemporary Families and is the Love, Sex, and Relationship ambassador for AARP.

The second edition of The Gender of Sexuality remains a lively introduction to the concepts of gender and sexuality, with updates from research and popular culture throughout. The new edition features significant new material on the changing status of gender, same sex marriage, and transgender.

Preface to Second Edition
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Sexual Desire and Gender
Chapter 2: Sexual Behavior and Gender
Chapter 3: Uncommitted Sexual Relationships
Chapter 4: Sex and Marriage
Chapter 5: The Politics of Sexuality
Chapter 6: But how do we use what we know? Questions and Answers
References
Index
About the Authors