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.
