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Further information
Channel 4 Links | Links | Books
Channel 4 Links
Anatomy for Beginners
Site on various aspects of the human anatomy including the human reproductive system.
Body Story: Teen Dreams
Information on what happens to the human body as it goes through puberty.
Channel
4 Health Site
Tons of information on health issues, covering sex and relationships,
with sex tips and an extensive Q&A section.
Man Test
Find out how much of your thinking and actions are dominated by the masculine side of your character.
One Night Stand
Are you the love 'em and leave 'em type or are you the love 'em for life type? Find out your preferences in our quiz and see the results of the one-night stands survey.
Sex Wars
Information on the science of sexual selection.
Links
Animal
Fact.com
Links to articles and news highlighting some unusual facts about animals.
Animal Sex Advice from Dr. Tatiana
Audio-clip interview with Dr Tatiana with extracts from her book.
Asexual Reproduction
Explains how asexual reproduction works, with accompanying images.
Asexual
Reproduction in Plants and Animals
Looks at asexual reproduction in both plants and animals, and assesses
the advantages it has over sexual reproduction.
Battle
of the Sexes
Reveals the biology behind the clichés and delves further into
the gender divide.
Dr Tatiana’s
Sex Advice to All Creation
Official website of the animal sex therapist Dr Olivia Judson.
Kama
Sutra – Animated
Written in ancient India, the Kama Sutra is essentially a technical guide
and a scholarly treatise to sexual enjoyment and other sensual pleasures.
This is an online animated (but not animal) version.
Penis
Power in the Animal World
The battle to reproduce the best possible offspring often depends on complex
sex organs.
Science
and Nature: Animals
Huge resource from the BBC, with a children’s zone and a section
on conservation.
Sex
Tips for Animals: A lighthearted look at
mating
National Geographic article that looks at the findings of Dr
Tatiana on sexual mores among animals.
Things
About the Animal Kingdom Your Parents
Never Told You
Fun overview of some of the more amazing quirks of nature.
Why
Y? The Y chromosome in the study of human evolution, migration and prehistory
Gives a basic history of the sex genes through human evolution.
World
Sex Records
Click on the ‘animal and plant kingdoms’ to read about the
most copious ejaculators or the most vaginas in one animal.
Books
 Biological
Exuberance: Animal homosexuality and natural diversity by
Bruce Bagemihl (Stonewall, 2000)
Looks at the widespread homosexual behaviour in the animal kingdom.
 Chimpanzee
Politics: Power and sex
among apes by Frans De Waal (John Hopkins University Press,
2000)
Detailed and engrossing account of sexual rivalries and coalitions among
apes, reaffirming the complex bond between humans and their closest living
relatives, the chimpanzees.
 Dr
Tatiana’s Sex Advice To All Creation: The definitive guide to the
evolutionary biology of sex by Olivia Judson (Vintage, 2003)
Demystifies the world of evolutionary biology as it puts countless creatures
at ease with their sexual identity.
Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex by Alice
D Dreger (Harvard University Press, 2000)
Explores encounters between hermaphrodites – people born with ‘ambiguous’
sexual anatomy – and the medical and scientific professionals who
grapple with them.
 The
Kama Sutra by Anne Hooper (Dorling Kindersley, 2000)
A reinterpretation of the text originally written for the Indian nobility,
which teaches that in order to achieve true sexual ecstasy, fulfillment
and ‘karma’, lovers need to achieve a union of mind and body.
The
Natural History of Sex: The ecology and evolution of mating behaviour
by Adrian Forsyth (Firefly Books, 2001)
Classic reference book about the weird diversity of sexual behaviour;
it presents a series of essays about sex and courtship in the natural
world, and explores the consequences of the more bizarre patterns of sexual
behaviour.
 The
Sexual Brain by Simon LeVay (The MIT Press, 1994)
Examines the biological roots of human sexual behaviour. It puts forward
the compelling case that the diversity of human sexual feelings and behaviour
can best be understood in terms of the development, structure and function
of the brain circuits that produce them.
Sexual
Selections: What we can and can’t learn about sex from animals
by Marlene Zuk (University of California Press, 2002)
Discusses such politically charged topics as motherhood, the genetic basis
for adultery, the female orgasm, menstruation and homosexuality.
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