Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 423 pages of information about Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 423 pages of information about Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5.

    The man of sexual type, according to Bierent (La Puberte, p.
    148), is hairy, dark and deep-voiced.

“The men most liable to satyriasis,” Bouchereau states (art.  “Satyriasis,” Dictionnaire Encyclopedique des Sciences Medicales), “are those with vigorous nervous system, developed muscles, abundant hair on body, dark complexion, and white teeth.”
Mantegazza, in his Fisiologia del Piacere, thus describes the sexual temperament:  “Individuals of nervous temperament, those with fine and brown skins, rounded forms, large lips and very prominent larynx enjoy in general much more than those with opposite characteristics.  A universal tradition,” he adds, “describes as lascivious humpbacks, dwarfs, and in general persons of short stature and with long noses.”
In a case of nymphomania in a young woman, described by Alibert (and quoted by Laycock, Nervous Diseases of Women, p. 28) the hips, thighs and legs were remarkably plump, while the chest and arms were completely emaciated.  In a somewhat similar case described by Marc in his De la Folie a peasant woman, who from an early age had experienced sexual hyperaesthesia, so that she felt spasmodic voluptuous feelings at the sight of a man, and was thus the victim of solitary excesses and of spasmodic movements which she could not repress, the upper part of the body was very thin, the hips, legs and thighs highly developed.
In his work on Uterine and Ovarian Inflammation (1862, p. 37) Tilt observes:  “The restless, bashful eye, and changing complexion, in presence of a person of the opposite sex, and a nervous restlessness of body, ever on the move, turning and twisting on sofa or chair, are the best indications of sexual temperament.”
An extremely sensual little girl of 8, who was constantly masturbating when not watched, although brought up by nuns, was described by Busdraghi (Archivio di Psichiatria, fas. i, 1888, p. 53) as having chestnut hair, bright black eyes, an elevated nose, small mouth, pleasant round face, full colored cheeks, and plump and healthy aspect.
A highly intelligent young Italian woman with strong and somewhat perverted sexual impulses is described as of attractive appearance, with olive complexion, small black almond-shaped eyes, dilated pupils, oblique thin eyebrows, very thick black hair, rather prominent cheek-bones, largely developed jaw, and with abundant down on lower part of cheeks and on upper lip. (Archivio di Psichiatria, 1899, fasc. v-vi.)
As the type of the sensual woman in word and act, led by her passions to commit various sexual offenses, Ottolenghi describes (Archivio di Psichiatria, vol. xii, fasc. v-vi, p. 496) a woman of 32 who attempted to kill her lover.  The daughter of parents who were neurotic and themselves very erotic, she was a highly intelligent
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