Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Sexual Selection in Man, Touch, Smell, Hearing, Vision (1905) Book

	The Evolution of Modesty
	The Definition of Modesty
	Modesty based on Fear
	The Sexual Factor of Modesty
	In Animals and in Men
	The Origin of the Attitude of the Medicean Venus
	The Sexual Factor of Modesty based on Sexual Periodicity
	The Aptitude for Disgust as a Factor of Modesty
	The Modesty of Savages in Regard to Eating in the Presence of Others
	Why the Sacro-Public Region is a Focus of Disgust
	The Idea of Ceremonial Uncleanliness
	How the Face Becomes a Focus of Modesty
	Modesty and Coquetry
	Ornament and Clothing
	Modesty Becomes Concentrated in the Garment
	The Economic Factor in Modesty
	The Contribution of Civilization to Modesty
	The Elaboration of Social Ritual The Blush the Sanction of Modesty
	As Civilization advances Modesty Tends to Become Extended, but not Intensified
	The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity
I.
	The Various Physiological and Psychological Rhythms
	Menstruation
	The Alleged Influence of the Moon
	Frequent Suppression of Menstruation among Primitive Races
	Mittelschmerz
	Possible Tendency to a Future Intermenstrual Cycle
	Menstruation among Animals
	Menstruating Monkeys and Apes
	What is Menstruation?
	Its Primary Cause still Obscured
	The Relation of Menstruation to Ovulation
	The Occasional Absence of Menstruation in Health
	The Relation of Menstruation to "Heat."
	The Prohibition of Intercourse during Menstruation
	The Predominance of Sexual Excitement at and Around the Menstrual Period
	Its Absence during the Period Frequently Apparent only
II.
	The Question of a Monthly Sexual Cycle in Men
	The Earliest Suggestions of a General Physiological Cycle in Men
	Periodicity in Disease
	Insanity, Heart Disease, etc
	The Alleged Twenty-three Days' Cycle
	The Physiological Periodicity of Seminal Emissions during Sleep
	Original Observations
	Fortnightly and Weekly Rhythms
III.
	The Annual Sexual Rhythm
	In Animals
	In Men
	Tendency of the Sexual Impulse to Become Heightened in Spring and Autumn
	The Prevalence of Seasonal Erotic Festivals
	The Feast of Fools
	The Easter and Midsummer Bonfires
	The Seasonal Variations in Birth-rate
	The Causes of those Variations
	The Typical Conception-rate Curve for Europe
	The Seasonal Periodicity of Seminal Emissions during Sleep
	Original Observations
	Spring and Autumn the Chief Periods of Involuntary Sexual Excitement
	The Seasonal Periodicity of Rapes
	Of Outbreaks among Prisoners
	The Seasonal Curves of Insanity and Suicide
	The Growth of Children according to Season
	The Annual Curve of Bread-consumption in Prisons
	Seasonal Periodicity of Searlet Fever
	The Underlying Causes of these Seasonal Phenomena
	Auto-erotism: A Study of the Spontaneous Manifestations of the Sexual Impulse
I.
	Definition of Auto-erotism
	Masturbation only Covers a Small Portion of the Auto-erotic Field
	The Importance of this Study, Especially To-day
	Auto-erotic Phenomena in Animals
	Among Savage and Barbaric Races
	The Japanese rin-no-tama and other Special Instruments for Obtaining Auto-erotic Gratification
	Abuse of the Ordinary Implements and Objects of Daily Life
	The Frequency of Hair-pin in the Bladder
	The Influence of Horse-exercise and Railway-traveling
	The Sewing-machine and the Bicycle
	Spontaneous Passive Sexual Excitement
	Delectatio Morosa
	Day-dreaming
	Pollutio
	Sexual Excitement during Sleep
	Differences in the Erotic Dreams of Men and Women
	The Auto-erotic Phenomena of Sleep in the Hysterical
	Their Frequently Painful Character
II.
	Hysteria and the Question of its Relation to the Sexual Emotions
	The Early Greek Theories of its Nature and Causation
	The Gradual Rise of Modern Views
	Charcot
	The Revolt against Charcot's too-absolute Conclusions
	Fallacies Involved
	Charcot's Attitude the Outcome of his Personal Temperament
	Breuer and Freud
	Summary of their Investigations
	Breuer and Freud's views Supplement and Complete Charcot's
	At the Same Time they Furnish a Justification for the Earlier Doctrine of Hysteria
	But they Must Not be Regarded as Final
	The Diffused Hysteroid Condition in Normal Persons
	The Physiological Basis of Hysteria
	True Pathological Hysteria is Linked on to almost Normal States, Especially to Sexhunger
III.
	The Prevalence of Masturbation
	Its Occurrence in Infancy and Childhood
	Is it More Frequent in Males or Females?
	After Adolescence Apparently more Frequent in Women
	Reasons for the Sexual Distribution of Masturbation
	The Evils Attributed to Masturbation
	Historical Sketch of the Views held on this Point
	The Symptoms and Results of Masturbation
	Its Alleged Influence in Causing Eye-disorders
	Its Relation to Insanity and Nervous Disorders
	The Evil Effects of Masturbation Usually Occur on the Basis of a Congenitally-Morbid Nervous System
	Neurasthenia Probably the Commonest Accompaniment of Excessive Masturbation
	Precocious Masturbation Tends to Produce Aversion to Coitus
	Psychical Results of Habitual Masturbation
	Masturbation in Men of Genius
	Masturbation as a Nervous Sedative
	Typical Cases
	The Greek Attitude toward Masturbation
	Attitude of the Catholic Theologians
	The Mohammedan Attitude
	The Modern Scientific Attitude
	The Immense Part in Life Played by Transmuted Auto-erotic Phenomena
Appendix A.	The Influence of Menstruation on the Position of Women	205
Appendix B.	Sexual Periodicity in Men	218
Appendix C.	The Auto-erotic Factor in Religion	231
	Index	245
	Diagrams	257