Dictionary entry
Sexologist
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Definition
sexology /sek'sɒlǝdʒi/ n [U] လိင္မႈေဗဒ။ sexologist /sek'sɒlǝdʒÇst/ n
Examples
- ‘Is sexology on its way to becoming a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical industry?’
- ‘There are
- however
- a number of good sexuality-specific Web sites that can provide effective starting points for targeted searches in sexology
- of which several are spotlighted below.’
- ‘Reform-era sexology appropriated the degenerative/regenerative discourse of the natural selection model as a way to establish a new lexicon that would address sexuality more specifically.’
- ‘Currently there is less funding but great interest in furthering the study of sexology from a perspective that pays primary attention to the social
- cultural
- and historical contextualization of sexual behaviors and responses.’
- ‘Failure to publish has already become a problem in sexology
- insofar as early studies of the impact of Viagra on women
- completed in early 1997
- have not yet been published as of the date of this manuscript.’
- ‘In the 1920s
- sexology did not constitute a stabilized system.’
- ‘In fact
- they are taken from recent sex research
- so that I don't convey the message that all the advances are occurring outside sexology.’
- ‘The book is only marginally about sex
- and takes a dour view of sexology
- survey research
- and Western-influenced sex education.’
- ‘In sum
- the value of the volume stems not only from its utility as a resource for cross-cultural information about sexuality but also from its role in the cultural history of sexology.’
- ‘Except she's on her way
- not to a sales convention
- but a sexology conference in Paris.’
- ‘Professionals in the newly minted disciplines of the human psyche - sexology
- psychology
- and psychiatry - increasingly conceived of personality
- gender
- and sexuality as products of culture and upbringing.’
- ‘If sexology loses its independent status
- the public will have even fewer places to turn for sexual enlightenment free from commercial or political bias.’
- ‘Moreover
- many of the categories used in sexology to describe sexual life have been shown not to be universal but highly localized.’
- ‘The resulting discussions introduce a way of thinking about sexual experience that bypasses some of sexology's most sacred cows
- such as survey data and the debates about gender
- orientation
- morality
- and medical intervention.’