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Sexology is the systematic study of human
sexuality. It encompasses all aspects of sexuality, including:
History of the study of sex
A number ancient sex manuals exist, including Ovid's Ars
Amatoria, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, the Ananga Ranga and The Perfumed Garden for the Soul's Recreation. However, none of these treated sex as the subject
of a formal field of research.
One of the earliest sex researchers prior to the 20th century sexology
movement was Richard Freiherr von
Krafft-Ebing, whose book Psychopathia
Sexualis recorded a number of unusual sexual abnormalities.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Sigmund Freud developed a theory of sexuality based on his studies of his clients.
Magnus Hirschfeld founded the Institute for
Sexology in Berlin in 1919. When the Nazis
took power, one of their first actions, on May 6, 1933, was to destroy the Institute and burn the library.
In 1947, Alfred Kinsey founded
the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University at Bloomington, now called the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and
Reproduction.
What is sexology?
Sexology in its modern form is largely a 20th century phenomenon.
Sexology relates to a number of other fields of study:
Sexology also touches on public issues such as the debates over abortion,
public health, birth
control and reproductive technology.
Notable sexologists
This is a list of notable sexologists, sorted by the year of their birth:
See also
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