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The folklore of sex
- Author
- Ellis, Albert, 1913-2007
- Title
- The folklore of sex.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- [2nd ed.]
- Published
- New York, Grove Press, Inc., 1961. ©1960
- Description
- 255 p. ; 18 cm.
- Series
- An Evergreen black cat book, BC-4.
- Notes
- "A Black cat book." "1st Black cat ed." "Originally published as The ego and love in sexuality." Copy 1 is fourth printing, copy 2 is third printing. Paperbound.
- Contents
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- Fornication
- Adultery
- Prostitution
- Venereal disease
- Kissing
- Petting
- Masturbation
- Illegitimacy
- Birth control
- Abortion
- Pregnancy
- Nudity
- Sex organs
- Scatology
- "Obscenity"
- Lasciviousness
- Sexual intercourse
- Sex crimes
- Incest
- Sex "perversions"
- Censorship
- Puritanism
- Romanticism and sex
- Sexuality of women
- Sex rites and superstitions
- Sex education
- Statistical considerations
- The whys and wherefores of the facts discovered
- The behavioral implications of the facts discovered
- What may be done about the facts discovered?
- Summary
- Blurb from Harry Benjamin on back cover : "here is a book that truly deserves to be called unusual...Full of wit, occasional sarcasm, and much common sense. It ranks among the important contributions to life and love in the contemporary U.S.A....Once could go on endlessly quoting, but the best advice this reviewer can give is for everyone to read The Folklore of Sex. It is a short cut to a liberal education in sexology...and a thoroughly satisfying experience."
- Kinsey subjects
- Sex customs--United States--20th century. Sex and society--United States. Mass media.