Sexuality Today - Ninth Edition Gary F. Kelly From the preface […] The charge of the ninth edition was to reinforce and strengthen the four underlying goals that have been in place throughout all editions. Those goals are to provide a text that is: • Informative and as up-to-date as possible • Readable, engaging, and interesting for the reader • Colorful, with a relevant illustration and photo program that is scientifically accurate. • Personally challenging as it poses ethical and values-related questions to readers. [...] […] This effort has enabled us to add several new photographs and figures […] nearly 700 new references, providing the most up-to-date facts and resources available from 2004 to 2007 are included in the ninth edition. [...] Content has been considerably updated and reorganized […] For example: • Chapter 1 is condensed and updated to reflect the current "culture wars" in the United States as reflected in attitudes and policies related to human sexuality. […] • The material on sexuality education is integrated into the new Chapter 6 […] • The former chapters on sexually transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS are combined into a single chapter (Chapter 17) […] • The coverage of Chapter 13 is broadened to include identity formation for both heterosexual and homosexual people, based on the latest concepts. […] [... ] Case studies and special sections on high-interest topics help apply concepts in the chapters to everyday life and extend topics into new dimensions. In Sexuality Today, these sections serve the overall theme of the book by focusing on topics of current interest, often with an individual voice. […]