"Rarely do sex scandals receive careful attention and consideration from academics.  Rarer still does a volume as comprehensive as this come along.  The authors provide a systematic, exhaustive, and multi-disciplinary approach in an area begging for empirical analysis.  Aside from tackling the obvious questions of why politicians engage in such risky behavior, this book forces us to ask deeper questions about the electorate and their fickle relationship with elected officials." - David Wiltse, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Briar Cliff University.

"This timely book addresses political sex scandals from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Unique from so-called "exposes," the authors approach the salaciousness of American politics from the viewpoints of constitutional law, communication, geogaphy, history, media, political science, and psychology. Well researched and articulately written, each essay engages the reader as scholar and populist. Highly informative, this volume is an essential read for those intrigued by power and the sexual license it seemingly grants politicians."- Keith V. Erickson, University of Southern Mississippi

As this edited volume so aptly demonstrates, there is no single or simple reason why men who have been elected to political office engage in risky sexual behaviors that may bring them down from the pinnacle of power.  Just as complex is the hair-trigger response of the American public and media, even to behaviors that while they may be amoral, are not illegal. Dagnes and contributors offer multiple analytic lenses to help readers understand both the dynamics that drive individual behavior, as well as the social and political context in which these behaviors and responses occur - American society in the 21st century - one that is so profoundly ambivalent about sex, and the role of sex in our lives. -- Betsy Crane, Ph.D., Professor, Director, Graduate Programs in Human Sexuality, Widener University.

Pre-pub feature in the Shippensburg, PA Record Herald