Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the World's Cultures

It would be pointless for me to claim that I had studied this sizeable encyclopedia entirely on my own. Two distinguished experts, Dinesh Bhugra, professor of mental health and cultural diversity at the Institute of Psychiatry in London, and Padmal de Silva, consultant clinical psychologist at the Maudsley Hospital sexual dysfunctions clinic, were kind enough to give some of their valuable time to looking through it and discussing it for Reference Reviews. I have tried to incorporate their comments, although the final review is mine.

This work is based on the Human Relations Area Files (HRAF), which are worthy...