Science in the bedroom Book

From the 1st serious sex study ever undertaken (in France in 1830 with a group of prostitutes) to the latterday work of Masters & Johnson, this book traces the history of more than a century of sex research. Bullough addresses the difficulties & controversies in an area of research that has never been allowed to fully control its own agenda. Using examples, he describes the forces that have impinged serious research, from free love hippies & religious zealots to governments trying to support stands on public morality. Acknowledgments Introduction Sex research & assumptions: from the Greeks to the 19th century Homosexuality & other factors in brining about sex research Hirschfeld, Ellis, and Freud The American experience Endocrinology research & changing attitudes From Freud to biology to Kinsey From statistics to sexology The matter of gender: masculinity, femininity & cross-gender behavior Other voices, other views Probles of an emerging science Notes Index