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i Cheap Sex ii iii Cheap Sex The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy z MARK REGNERUS 1 iv 1 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide. Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and certain other countries. Published in the United States of America by Oxford University Press 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, United States of America. © Oxford University Press 2017 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, by license, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reproduction rights organization. Inquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above. You must not circulate this work in any other form and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer. CIP data is on file at the Library of Congress ISBN 978– 0– 19– 067361– 1 1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2 Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc., United States of America v Those who meant well behaved in the same way as those who meant badly. —A ldous Huxley, Brave New World vi vii Contents Acknowledgments ix 1. Introduction 1 2. Cheap Sex and the Modern Mating Market 22 3. Cheaper, Faster, Better, More? Contemporary Sex in America 62 4. The Cheapest Sex: Trends in Pornography Use and Masturbation 107 5. The Transformation of Men, Marriage, and Monogamy 144 6. The Genital Life 193 Appendix: Regression Models 217 Notes 223 Index 257 viii ix Acknowledgments THAnks especiAlly T o Ellyn Arevalo Steidl for her exceptional inter- viewing skills and particular talent at summarizing and contextualizing her conversations. Dorothy Morgan came alongside as a capable research assistant after David Gordon left for graduate school. My editor at Oxford, Cynthia Read, remains a pleasure to work with; I appreciate her fairness and advocacy, as well as good judgment in selecting two excellent reviewers whose suggestions improved the manuscript. Terry Cole, Kevin and DeAnn Stuart, Meg McDonnell, Laura Wittmann, Nick McCann, Joe Price, Jason Carroll, Glenn Stanton, Matt Breuninger, Brad Wilcox, Mary Catherine Huffines, Jeremy Uecker, Johann Huleatt, J. P. De Gance, Andrew Litschi, Kurt and Lisa Schroder, Bill Hogan, Chris Smith, Bob and Barbara Sleet, Greg Grooms, Bryan Richardson, and Guli Fager all played various intel- lectual or supportive roles along the way. Conversations with Helen Alvare and Catherine Pakaluk motivated me at the right times. Thanks also to my department chair Rob Crosnoe for being flexible, fair, and courteous to me as a colleague and scholar. I am grateful to the Chiaroscuro and Witherspoon Institutes for early support of the interview project, as well as the GFC and Bradley Foundations for support of the Austin Institute and the Relationships in America data collection project. Eric and Keri Stumberg’s support—o n numerous levels—i s unmatched. A particular word of appreciation is in order for Luis Tellez, whose confidence in my work never wavered when nearly everything else did. My family— Deeann, Sam, Libby, and Ruthie— remains the reason I write (even if it doesn’t always feel that way to them).
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