Psychology of Sex
The Biology of Sex—The Sexual Impulse in Youth—Sexual Deviation—The Erotic Symbolisms—Homosexuality—Marriage—The Art of Love
- 12th Edition - January 1, 1948
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- Author: Havelock Ellis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 1 0 4 0 - 7
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 9 8 8 0 - 4
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 2 3 8 3 - 4
Psychology of Sex, 12th Impression covers the psycho-physical processes of sex, their liability to disturbance, or their hygiene. This scientific inquiry of sex is the… Read more
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Request a sales quotePsychology of Sex, 12th Impression covers the psycho-physical processes of sex, their liability to disturbance, or their hygiene. This scientific inquiry of sex is the representation of experimentally demonstrable data with the aid of mathematical symbolism. This book is composed of eight chapters that focus on the normal phenomena of sex. After a short introduction to the fundamentals of sexual psychology, this book goes on discussing the physical basis of courtship and sex. The subsequent chapters describe the nature of sexual impulse, particularly in youth, factors contributing to sexual deviation, erotism, and sexual inversion. These topics are followed by examining various sex-related issue in marriage, including sexual abstinence, sexual satisfaction, impotence, and frigidity. The last chapters deal with the dynamic nature of sexual impulse in relation to love. This book will prove useful to psychologists, psychiatrists, parents, and the general public who are interested in the biological nature of sex.
Chapter I. IntroductionChapter II. The Biology of Sex The Physical Basis of Sex Erogenic Zones The Biology of Courtship Preferential Mating: The Factors of Sexual Selection (1) Touch (2) Smell (3) Hearing (4) VisionChapter III. The Sexual Impulse in Youth The First Appearance of the Sexual Impulse Auto-erotism Erotic Day-Dreaming Erotic Dreams in Sleep Masturbation Narcissism Education in SexChapter IV. Sexual Deviation and the Erotic Symbolisms Sexual Deviation Sexual Deviation in Childhood Urolagnia and Coprolagnia Erotic Fetishism Stuff Fetishisms and Erotic Zoophilia Kleptolagnia Exhibitionism Algolagnia (Sadism and Masochism) Sexual Senility The Social Attitude towards Sexual DeviationsChapter V. Homosexuality Sexual Inversion The Diagnosis of Sexual Inversion Eonism (Transvestism or Sexo-Æsthetic Inversion) The Question of TreatmentChapter VI. Marriage Introductory (The Problem of Sexual Abstinence) The Advisability of Marriage Satisfaction in Marriage The Monogamic Standard The Control of Procreation The Problem of Childless Marriage Impotence and Frigidity (Sexual Hypoaesthesia and Sexual Hyperaesthesia) ChastityThe MenopauseChapter VII. The Art of Love The Sexual Impulse in Relation to Love Why Love is an ArtChapter VIII. Conclusion The Dynamic Nature of the Sexual Impulse SublimationGlossaryIndex
- Edition: 12
- Published: January 1, 1948
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- No. of pages: 334
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483210407
- Hardback ISBN: 9781483198804
- eBook ISBN: 9781483223834
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