PSY-3705 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Havelock Ellis, Margaret Sanger, Sigmund Freud

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Psychology (AS)
• Course: PSY-3705
• Professor: Smith Leslie

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Sex--two meanings--1. a person"s identity as male or female 2. sexual behavior. Sexuality--definition includes the two meanings of sex, but also goes beyond--the feelings, behaviors, and identities associated with sex. Sexuality has been influenced by evolution: coitus--penile-vaginal intercourse, partible paternity--the belief that two or more men may be fathers of the same child (held primarily by indigenous tribes) Sex researchers followed diverse paths: richard von krafft-ebing (1840-1902)--brought sexual variations to public attention, havelock ellis (1859-1939)--books largely compiled of personal accounts of unusual forms of sexual expression (plea for tolerance of sexual diversity) Planned parenthood: alfred kinsey (1894-1956)--sex researcher; published the "kinsey reports," which were a series of sex surveys released to the american public, margaret mead (1901-1978)--studied sexuality and other aspects of human life in a non- Sociologists focus on the connection between sex and society. Sociology--the scientific study of society: often uses sex surveys (such as the national health and social life survey (nhsls) and the.