International in scope, this companion is designed to be used as a reference book on the subject of sex and the ways in which philosophers, political thinkers, writers, artists, photographers and film makers have represented sex and sexual matters to a public whose appetite for sex has remained voracious through the ages. Contributors to this book include Kathy Acker, Sheila Kitzinger, Shere Hite, Dale Spender and Germaine Greer.