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Previous Volume 338:1477 May 14, 1998 Number 20

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(Between Men — Between Women. Lesbian and Gay Studies.) By Timothy F. Murphy. 268 pp. New York, Columbia University Press, 1997. $29.95. ISBN 0-231-10848-6.

The goal of this book is simple. Murphy wants to convince his audience that research on sexual orientation, whether aimed at discovering causes of or tests or treatments for homoeroticism, is not in itself a threat to the well-being of gay and lesbian people. This effort must be understood as a reaction to the heated debate about the ethics of sexual-orientation studies in general. As a heterosexual reader, I found his arguments convincing. Whether a gay or lesbian reader will be convinced is less clear.

Murphy, a professor in the Medical Humanities Program at the University of Illinois College of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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