Pepper Schwartz,
PhD, is an
American sociologist and
sexologist teaching at the
University of Washington in
Seattle,
Washington,
United States. She is the author or co-author of numerous books, magazines, website columns, and a television personality on the subject of sexuality.
Schwartz is notable for her work in the 1970s and early 1980s that culminated in the book, with Philip Blumstein, American Couples: Money-Work-Sex which surveyed lesbian couples, gay male couples and heterosexual couples.
Schwartz also serves as the Love & Relationship Expert & Ambassador for AARP and writes the column The Naked Truth.
Biography
Dr. Pepper Schwartz earned a PhD in
Sociology from
Yale University in 1974. While a graduate student there, she co-authored with Janet Lever the 1971 book
Women at Yale, documenting the first year of
co-education at that university.
Schwartz is a prolific writer and authority on the subject of sexuality and relationships. She wrote the column "Sex and Health" for Glamour magazine for seven years. She has appeared on such television programs as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dateline and Dr. Phil, and on programs for the cable television network Lifetime. She was the 2005 president of the Pacific Sociological Association, helped create the dating Web site PerfectMatch.com, and is a sexuality adviser for WebMD.com.
Schwartz is a past president of the Society for the Study of Sexuality and a charter member of the International Academy of Sex Research. The book jacket for her 2007 publication Prime: Adventures and Advice on Sex, Love, and the Sensual Years described her living "in Washington State, being single after a 23 year marriage, and having two children in college". As of 2007, she is a tenured professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington
Controversy
Research by Schwartz and others surveying lesbian sexuality has generated debates because the surveys stated that lesbian couples in long term relationships have less sex than their heterosexual or gay male counterparts. The phenomenon was labelled "
Lesbian bed death". One factor in this debate is the problem of defining acts of "sex" in surveys.
Bibliography
Sex and the Yale Student, with Richard Feller, Elaine Fox, and Dr. Philip Sarrel Feller (The Committee on Human Sexuality, Yale University, 1970)
The Student Guide to Sex on Campus, by the Student Committee on Human Sexuality at Yale'', edited by Richard Feller, Elaine Fox, and Pepper Schwartz (Signet Books, 1971)
Women at Yale: Liberating a College Campus, with Janet Lever (Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1971)
American Couples, with Philip Blumstein (William Morrow, 1983)
*American Couples: Money-Work-Sex, with Philip Blumstein (Pocket Books, 1985) ISBN 0671523538, ISBN 978-0671523534
Gender in Intimate Relationships: A Micro-Structural Approach, with Barbara J. Risman (Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1988) ISBN 0534096905, ISBN 978-0534096908
Everything You Know About Love and Sex Is Wrong (Perigee Trade, 1991 reissue) ISBN 0399527125, ISBN 978-0399527128
Peer Marriage (The Free Press, 1994) ISBN 0743254074
Love Between Equals: How Peer Marriage Really Works (Touchstone, 1995) ISBN 0028740610, ISBN 978-0028740614
The Gender of Sexuality: Exploring Sexual Possibilities (The Gender Lens series), with Virginia Rutter (AltaMira Press, 1998) ISBN 0803990421, ISBN 978-0803990425
The Great Sex Weekend: A 48-hour Guide to Rekindling Sparks for Bold, Busy, or Bored Lovers, with Janet Lever (Perigee Trade, 2000) ISBN 0399525718, ISBN 978-0399525711
Ten Talks Parents Must Have with their Children About Sex and Character, with Dominic Cappello (Hyperion Books, 2000) ISBN 0786885483, ISBN 978-0786885480)
201 Questions to Ask Your Kids: 201 Questions to Ask Your Parents (Collins, 2000) ISBN 0380805251, ISBN 978-0380805259
The Lifetime Love and Sex Quiz Book (Hyperion Books, 2002) ISBN 0786887486, ISBN 978-0786887484
Prime: Advice and Adventures on Sex, Love and the Sensuous Years (Collins, 2007) ISBN 0061173584. ISBN 978-0061173585)
See also
Helen Fisher
Neil Clark Warren
References
External links
NBC's Science of Love: A Modern Dating Experiment Reviewed
Pepper Schwartz' "Sex Matters" blog at MedHelp
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Category:American sociologists
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