Studies in the psychology of sex : Vol. 1: The evolution of modesty, the phenomena of sexual periodicity, auto-erotism.

"The origin of these Studies dates from many years back. As a youth I was faced, as others are, by the problem of sex. Living partly in an Australian city where the ways of life were plainly seen, partly in the solitude of the bush, I was free both to contemplate and to meditate many things. A...

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Main Author: Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : F.A. Davis, [1925]
Edition:3rd ed., rev. and enl.
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