In this book on sexual psychology the author explores a largely taboo subject - the sexual relationship between men in authority and the women they are meant to help. He examines the psychodynamics of these relationships (how to recognize a potential abuser as well as a woman's own capacity for being a victim), and explores what men look for in sex, how their sexual fantasies differ from those of women, and how men could benefit by becoming more in touch with their feminine aspect. He offers reassurance and advice to the victims, both men and women, of such encounters.

Based on over 1,000 interviews and the author's experience as a psychiatrist, this insightful book tells of the private fantasy worlds of powerful men and their hidden wishes for sexual healing, the unspoken emotional needs that may lead women to accept a relationship on any terms, and effective strategies to reinforce the boundaries against invasion. Martin's.

An American woman scientist makes a desperate attempt to save a Soviet astrophysicist from his own personal hell with a revelation that threatens his career, his politics, and his life.

Karen Lebacqz and Ronald Barton examine the gift of sexuality in relation to the parish and the dynamics of sexual desire and temptation. Included in this book are the expreiences of a pastor who did not set appropriate limits; explainations of how the pastoral role affects sexual contact between pastor and parishioner; suggestions for a framework of ethical analysis; an examination of questions for women in ministry, single pastors, and pastors who are gay, lesbian, or bisexual; and a review of ethical issues related to persons who carry responsibilities for the structures of ministerial practice.

The book argues that there is no monolithic homosexuality; there are only homosexualities, that is, there are as many reasons for being gay as there are gays. Some people are born gay, some have gayness thrust upon them, and some do, indeed, achieve to great gayness. Representation of homosexuality/homoeroticism, as it is understood today, is thus a western import. The act and public/social discourses on same-sex love are still illegal; it is, according to many, against the Indian ‘tradition’; and a sense of ‘history’ is seriously problematic when we dig out for a past tradition of homoerotic love and desire. Hoshang Merchant, through an examination of texts, films, poetry, attempts to analyse and crack the codes of sexual (mis)conduct in contemporary India, giving short histories of the fate of several gay writers and explaining the difficulties of ‘coming out’.