Human Sexual Response (The Sixties in America)
At a glance:
- Author: Virginia E. Johnson, William H. Masters
- First Published: 1966
- Genres: Nonfiction, Health and medicine
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Biology or biologists, Anatomy, Human anatomy, Physiology
The Work
Alfred Kinsey had completed and published two volumes of research concerning the attitudes of Americans toward sex and issues related to sex, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953). These books were widely quoted, frequently stolen from libraries, and banned in many communities. Their popularity demonstrated a desire among many individuals and groups to discuss openly issues relating to sex, a subject that was simply not discussed in polite company. Human sexuality was poorly understood by both the general...
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