Rethinking Sexology

The Cross-Disciplinary Invention of Sexuality: Sexual Science Beyond the Medical, 1890-1940

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Wellcome Collection Symposium on Sexual Desire

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In 2015, as part of the Institute of Sexology exhibition, our project director Professor Kate Fisher joined a panel discussion on sexual desire.

This discussion considered the way in which, from asexuality to sex addiction, there is huge variety in our experience of sexual desire. Both the temptation and the conflict it can create are enduring themes central to Western literature, yet sexual attraction has been little researched until recent decades. The panel suggested we are still largely in the dark about many facets of attraction, so having little or excessive desire can be difficult experiences.

Read the full symposium programme here.

17th July 2015

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