Dictionary entry

Sexologist

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Definition

sexology /sek'sɒlǝdʒi/ n [U] လိင္မႈေဗဒ။ sexologist /sek'sɒlǝdʒÇst/ n

Examples

  1. ‘Is sexology on its way to becoming a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical industry?’
  2. ‘There are
  3. however
  4. a number of good sexuality-specific Web sites that can provide effective starting points for targeted searches in sexology
  5. of which several are spotlighted below.’
  6. ‘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.’
  7. ‘Currently there is less funding but great interest in furthering the study of sexology from a perspective that pays primary attention to the social
  8. cultural
  9. and historical contextualization of sexual behaviors and responses.’
  10. ‘Failure to publish has already become a problem in sexology
  11. insofar as early studies of the impact of Viagra on women
  12. completed in early 1997
  13. have not yet been published as of the date of this manuscript.’
  14. ‘In the 1920s
  15. sexology did not constitute a stabilized system.’
  16. ‘In fact
  17. they are taken from recent sex research
  18. so that I don't convey the message that all the advances are occurring outside sexology.’
  19. ‘The book is only marginally about sex
  20. and takes a dour view of sexology
  21. survey research
  22. and Western-influenced sex education.’
  23. ‘In sum
  24. 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.’
  25. ‘Except she's on her way
  26. not to a sales convention
  27. but a sexology conference in Paris.’
  28. ‘Professionals in the newly minted disciplines of the human psyche - sexology
  29. psychology
  30. and psychiatry - increasingly conceived of personality
  31. gender
  32. and sexuality as products of culture and upbringing.’
  33. ‘If sexology loses its independent status
  34. the public will have even fewer places to turn for sexual enlightenment free from commercial or political bias.’
  35. ‘Moreover
  36. many of the categories used in sexology to describe sexual life have been shown not to be universal but highly localized.’
  37. ‘The resulting discussions introduce a way of thinking about sexual experience that bypasses some of sexology's most sacred cows
  38. such as survey data and the debates about gender
  39. orientation
  40. morality
  41. and medical intervention.’