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 Psychopathia Sexualis - Richard Von Krafft-Ebing
 Psychopathia Sexualis - Richard Von Krafft-Ebing ... detailing sexual perversions and deviancies.Newest Review: ... man. The writer suggests that the patient can be "cured" by avoiding masturbation, and using hypnosis, hydrotherapy ... more ... and electric shock. Thus he, the psychoanalyst, considers that the heterosexual orientation is the normal one and decides that inversion (homosexuality) is an illness that should be treated as any other psychological disturbance. Still, some of the interesting cases that can be found in this book have to do with transsexual men and women. What I liked is the precision with which the development of their desires and actions was described.
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Psychopathia Sexualis - Richard Von Krafft-Ebing: Psychopathia Sexualis (516 words)
by - written on 03/02/08 (Very useful, 84 readings)
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Psychopathia Sexualis By Richard von Krafft-Ebing I think most people are familiar with the title of Richard von Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis; it is one of the most influential books ever written on sexology. The book is not a continuous study of sexual trends; it contains 238 case studies of "patients" with headings like "Ideal Incest", "Dementia" and "Exhibitionism". The writer includes in the study of these cases certain points about the person heredity and, most importantly, the way he chooses to treat the sexual "perversion". One of the most ... Read the complete review
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