TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe sexual question.
Y1  - 1909/01/16
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.02540290056017
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 230
EP  - 231
VL  - LII
IS  - 3
N2  - This is an elaborate sociologic treatise that commands attention because of its fearlessness and its manifest humanity, however much some may be displeased at Forel's cynicism concerning religion. Few of us can study a sociologic subject without being greatly influenced by our habitual acceptance of many, at least, of the established dogmas of custom, society, law and religion, but this need not prevent our welcoming to the literature of this problem the contribution of one who, for purposes of absolute freedom of deduction, has attempted to disregard these dogmas.The first part of the book is concerned with a simple and plain exposition of genesis, embryology, coitus, pregnancy, sexual characteristics and sexual appetite. Then broadening out, Forel discusses love and its irradiations, distinguishes between love and sexual impulse, and shows the various relations of both emotions to procreative instinct, jealousy, prudery, modesty, desire for domination, religion, etc. He here shows
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.02540290056017
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02540290056017
ER  -