Mainstreaming Sex: The Sexualization of Western Culture Edited by: Feona Attwood Western culture is exhibiting its fascination with sex in new ways. Pole dancing is a form of keep fit, porn stars find work as agony aunts, pornography itself is just "a mouse click away," and phone sex, email affairs and cybersex are now part of our everyday lives. This sexualization of modern culture is the subject widely discussed here. In original chapters, the contributors engage with today's public concerns about sexualization, with the continuing debates about the regulation of sexual representations and practices, and with the idea that in all aspects of social and cultural life, sex is being "mainstreamed." […] Mainstreaming Sex uncovers the significant impact, hitherto only half glimpsed, that new forms of sexualized phenomena are having on our culture, relationships, educational and working lives. It is a welcome and much needed book. Feona Attwood teaches Media and Communication Studies at Sheffield Hallam University. She has published widely on sex and the media. She is currently working in controversial images, researching and teaching sexual media and online pornographies.