Havelock Ellis Quotes
At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified.
Topics
The Present
Sexuality
Gender Roles, Gender Identity
Impulse, Impulses, Inpulsiveness
Sexual Education
Sexual Orientation
Theory Of
Present-Day
Scientific Understanding
Sexual Attraction
Sexual Ethics
Sexual Expression
Sexual Health
Sexual Identity
Sexual Impulse
Sexual Stereotypes
Theory Critique
Theory Rejection
Citations
Ellis, Havelock. Studies in the Psychology of Sex. F.A. Davis Company, 1900.
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Henry Havelock Ellis was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-wrote the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis.