This book is the first comprehensive academic text on sexualities in Irish society. It explores the construction and management of sexualities across a number of different dites, including the family, the legal and educational systems, medical and therapeutic settings, and cultural and commercial arenas. The text provides significant insights into how sexualities are embedded in relationships of power and inequality and contributors are drawn from the disciplines of social policy, history, sociology, psychology, disability studies, law and women's studies.