Chapter one: Sexuality - Pathways to Understanding Flashcards
What did early research on female anatomy believe the vagina to be?
An inverted penis
Who discovered the clitoris?
Renaldo Columbus
When did the “discovery” of the clitoris happen?
Mid-16th Century
What was the description of the penis for a women?
“pre-eminently the seat of women’s delight.”
When was the microscope was invented?
the Mid-17th Century
Who first examined spermatozoa (semen)?
Ham and Hartsoeker
What was the theoretical idea that lagged behind in female research?
the ovum
When did female research finally happen?
early 19th century
Sex research emerged, who wrote psychopathia sexuals?
Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1886)
What did Krafft-Ebing write about in his study?
described hundreds of case studies of ‘deviations’ in sexual interests, such as necrophilia and represented an early consideration of homosexuality.
Who did studies on the psychology of sex?
Havelock Ellis - he discussed homosexuality in a good light.
Who had different explanations of homosexuality?
Freud and Hirschfeld
What did Nettie Stevens (1905) contribute to sex research?
that X and Y chromosomes underlie biological sex.
What was Margaret Sanger’s contribution to sex research?
she wrote about and lobbied for birth control, even while in prison.
she also started the precursor to Planned Parenthood.
What did Princess Marie Bonaparte do because of her inability to reach orgasm??
She chose to move her clitoris closer to her vagina due to research with a correlation between ease of reaching orgasm and distance of the clitoris to the vagina. Twice.
What is the ‘rule of thumb’ for female orgasms?
That the clitoris-vagina distances less than 2.5cm - roughly from the tip of your thumb to your first knuckle – tend to yield reliable orgasms during sex. More than a thumb’s length.. intercourse alone may not do the trick.
What is Albert Kinsey’s contribution to sex research?
-Indiana University
- trained Zoologist
- took sex surveys in the U.S.
- published those surveys in a book called Sexual behavior in the human male and then later on the Sexual behavior of the human female.
- books become best sellers
- he helped with the stigmatization of sex.
What did Masters and Johnson in the 50s/60s do in lab experiments to measure sexual behavior?
They watched people have sex, wrote a book called the sexual response.
Who developed the penile plethysmograph??
Kurt Freund
What is the labia thermistor used for?
To record the temperature difference upon arousal
What is the vaginal photoplethysmography?
Measures the sexual arousal in women.
