The Sexuality Of Women
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At the intersection of science, psychology, and social inquiry stands The Sexuality of Women, a landmark academic study that presents one of the most comprehensive empirical investigations into female sexuality ever conducted. Drawing on rigorous research methodology, the three authors — Paul H. Gebhard, a successor to the legendary Alfred Kinsey at the Institute for Sex Research, alongside European sexologists Jan Raboch and Hans Giese — chronicle the physiological, psychological, and sociocultural dimensions of women's sexual experience with scientific precision and unflinching honesty. The work details statistical findings alongside nuanced case analyses, offering a panoramic view of female sexuality that challenges prevailing assumptions and cultural taboos of its era. Rooted in the tradition of Kinsey's groundbreaking reports, the text argues for a data-driven understanding of human sexuality at a time when the subject remained largely shrouded in social stigma and moral prescription. The authors' combined expertise bridges American and European sexological research, lending the study an international scope rarely achieved in the field. Written with the authority of clinicians and the curiosity of scholars, this volume remains a significant historical document in the evolution of gender studies and sexual science — leaving the reader to question just how much of what we consider known about women's sexuality was, and perhaps still is, shaped more by culture than by truth.
Author: Paul H. Gebhard, Jan Raboch, Hans Giese
Format: Paperback
Genre: Psychology
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
At the intersection of science, psychology, and social inquiry stands The Sexuality of Women, a landmark academic study that presents one of the most comprehensive empirical investigations into female sexuality ever conducted. Drawing on rigorous research methodology, the three authors — Paul H. Gebhard, a successor to the legendary Alfred Kinsey at the Institute for Sex Research, alongside European sexologists Jan Raboch and Hans Giese — chronicle the physiological, psychological, and sociocultural dimensions of women's sexual experience with scientific precision and unflinching honesty. The work details statistical findings alongside nuanced case analyses, offering a panoramic view of female sexuality that challenges prevailing assumptions and cultural taboos of its era. Rooted in the tradition of Kinsey's groundbreaking reports, the text argues for a data-driven understanding of human sexuality at a time when the subject remained largely shrouded in social stigma and moral prescription. The authors' combined expertise bridges American and European sexological research, lending the study an international scope rarely achieved in the field. Written with the authority of clinicians and the curiosity of scholars, this volume remains a significant historical document in the evolution of gender studies and sexual science — leaving the reader to question just how much of what we consider known about women's sexuality was, and perhaps still is, shaped more by culture than by truth.