Preface About the Authors Acknowledgements Chapter 1. The Way We Are Chapter 2. The Business of Love and Sex: The History of Computer Matching from the "Happy Family Planning Service" to Tinder Chapter 3. The Globalization of Western Love via the Internet Chapter 4. Going, Going, Gone: A market View of Love and Sex Chapter 5. The Nature of Love: Its Ups and Downs Chapter 6. Sexual Behaviors Chapter 7. The Hookup Culture: Cultural, Social, and Gender Influences on Casual Sex Chapter 8. From Monogamy to Swingers and Polyamory Chapter 9. Pornography: The Private Enters the Public Chapter 10. Sex Dolls and Robots Chapter 11. The End of the Affair Chapter 12. The Future of Love and Sex

"Elaine Hatfield and Richard Rapson have produced another tour de force on love. Hatfeld, together with Ellen Berscheid, essentially invented the field of the psychology of love. Now, years later, she, Rapson, and Purvis have reinvented the field for contemporary times. This is a book that anyone interested in love-which means, essentially, everyone-will want to read!" -- Robert J. Sternberg, Professor of Human Development, Cornell University

Selling point: Provides comprehensive and scientific examination of cutting-edge topics such as dating apps and virtual pornography that are not covered in typical sexuality textbooks Selling point: Synthesizes rigorous scholarship on contemporary sexuality and makes it accessible to college students Selling point: Co-written by leaders in the field with input from college-aged students

Elaine Hatfield is Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and past-president of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex. In 2012, she received the William James award for a Lifetime of Scientific Achievement from the Association for Psychological Science. In recent years, she has received Distinguished Scientist Awards from the University of Hawaii, the Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SSSS), the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, the International Academy for Intercultural Research, and the Alfred Kinsey Award from the Western Region of SSSS. She also recently received the Methodological Innovator Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. Richard L. Rapson is a Professor of History at the University of Hawaii at Manoa; he has also taught at Amherst College and Stanford University. He has written more than a dozen books, most of which focus on the psychological side of American life, past and present. His most recent books are Amazed by Life: Confessions of a Non-religious Believer (2004) and Magical Thinking and the Decline of America (2007). Jeanette Purvis is an adjunct lecturer in Social Psychology currently working in the private sector. Her research focuses on the intersection of modern romantic relationships and new technologies. She also works in the community as a social worker for the homeless and is a former Chandler Fellow in Public Policy at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

Selling point: Provides comprehensive and scientific examination of cutting-edge topics such as dating apps and virtual pornography that are not covered in typical sexuality textbooks Selling point: Synthesizes rigorous scholarship on contemporary sexuality and makes it accessible to college students Selling point: Co-written by leaders in the field with input from college-aged students