Sexual Attraction

The Psychology of Allure

James Giles (University of Cambridge, UK)

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA
18 April 2024

Sociology: sexual relations; Social, group or collective psychology; Sexual behaviour

“One of a kind – very few scholars, surprisingly, have written so engagingly on the nature and varieties of sexual attraction.” Elaine Hatfield, Professor of Psychology, University of Hawaii, USA “Illuminating.” Terri L. Orbruch, Professor of Sociology, Oakland University, USA

“Will make you think deeply about this rarely explored phenomenon.” Robert Scott Stewart, Professor of Philosophy, Cape Breton University, Canada “Highly recommended reading for those who want a smart, articulate, and engaging investigation of the diverse body of sexual attraction research.” Heidi Reeder, Associate Professor of Communication, Boise State University, USA

We all experience it but exactly how and why does sexual attraction happen? Expert James Giles explores the universal yet highly individualized experience of being sexually attracted to another person.

Incorporating interviews, research findings, and excerpts from romantic and erotic literature, lyrics, and film, Sexual Attraction: The Psychology of Allure explores a subject that is central to the human experience and highly relevant in not only personal, intimate interactions but also other relationships.

Although the causes and effects of sexual attraction have been studied, sexual attraction itself—how we experience others in terms of their sexual attractiveness—remains a neglected, rarely researched topic. Philosopher and psychologist Dr. James Giles presents jargon-free information that is accessible and fascinating to the everyday reader as well as highly useful and informative to students and researchers in social psychology, sexology, sex and marital therapy, and relationship counselling.

The book explores subjects and types of relationship including:

· How sexual attraction is fundamentally different from other forms of interpersonal attraction

· How at the heart of sexual attraction lies the experience of allure—something that makes one feel helplessly drawn toward an intimate physical joining with the sexually attractive person · Cross-sex friendships and whether women and men can ever be ‘just friends’? Can sexual relations actually enhance and strengthen the friendship without turning it into a romantic relationship?

· Can you be in love with someone you don’t actually like?

· Friends with benefits

· Romantic partnerships

By: James Giles (University of Cambridge UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: NIPPOD
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9798765123621
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 18 April 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Table of Contents Preface 1. Interpersonal attraction and sexual attraction Ways of being attracted to other people Sexual attraction and physical appearance Allure The origins of allure 2. Exchanging glances Types of strangers The allure of strangers Strangers in dreams 3. Just friends Friendship Cross-sex friendship The allure of the cross-sex friend 4. More than just friends Sexual friendship The place of sex in sexual friendships The allure of sexual friends 5. It turned out so right The romantic relationship Lovers and friends The allure of romantic partners 6. With the help of helplessness Notes References Index

James Giles, PhD, is a lecturer at the University of Cambridge Institute for Continuing Education.

Reviews for Sexual Attraction: The Psychology of Allure

Overall, this short book is an easy read that should be of interest to most sexologists. It should be accessible to a wide nonexpert audience. The author offers several intriguing hypotheses about the nature of sexual attraction. * PsycCRITIQUES * James Giles's Sexual Attraction: The Psychology of Allure makes a unique, interesting, and much-needed journey into blending an existing body of social scientific research with humanistic ways of knowing that includes experiential, non-empirical qualitative methods as well as original philosophic inquiry and excerpts from film, literature, and music. The resulting volume provides many good considerations for those who do empirical sexuality and relationship research as well as insights into ideas that would be difficult—if not impossible—to explore through traditional research methods. * Relationship Research News *