Sexual Deviance in Health and Aging covers an impressively wide range of sexual behaviors and tackle important topics that have received little attention in health and aging research. The authors conduct thorough reviews of narrative and ethnographic studies to provide engaging discussions about various sexuality groups’ health and aging experiences and unmet needs. Taking a constructionist perspective, they brilliantly highlight how certain sexual behaviors come to be perceived as deviant and what consequences it creates for health and aging experiences of people who engage in those behaviors. The book is a must read for any students, researchers, clinicians, and policy makers interested in sexualities, health, and aging.

Koji Ueno, Florida State University

This illuminating book elevates the complex and multifaceted nature of sexuality and aging. Utilizing powerful narratives, Lacey J. Ritter and Xan Nowakowski provide us with inclusive understanding of human sexuality, disentangling the sexuality of older adults, and debunk the patriarchal and anachronistic conceptions of what it means to be a sexual human being.

Perry Halkitis, Rutgers University