Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2

Description

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2, is the second of six volumes by English physician Havelock Ellis. First published in 1900, this volume explores what used to be called 'sexual inversion', but which is now known as homosexuality. Ellis worked with English poet John Addington Symonds on this volume - Symonds himself being a homosexual (albeit a secret one because of the age he lived in). With various case studies, the book describes the theories and prevalence of sexual inversion in men and women including the history of homosexuality in the Greeks, the tribes of America, and Rome, as well as homosexuality among animals. When it was first published it was banned in England. Chapters include: The study of sexual inversion; sexual inversion in men; sexual inversion in women; the nature of sexual inversion; and, the theory of sexual inversion.

This book has 163,160 words, 233 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1900. This third edition was first published in 1927.

Production notes: This ebook of Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 was published by Global Grey on the 1st August 2021. The artwork used for the cover is 'Nude Study of Thomas E. McKeller' by John Singer Sargent.