Introduction: A Long History of a Pseudoscientific Object

Peter Cryle; Alison Moore

doi:10.1057/9780230337039_1

Introduction: A Long History of a Pseudoscientific Object

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Abstract

Producing a history of frigidity is no straightforward matter. There are practical reasons for that, as we shall see: our central theme is multiform, with variations and complications that range across centuries of European thought. But there is an ethical imperative that has to be addressed at the outset. Many scholars would consider that ‘frigidity’ is a flimsy and fanciful notion that has been talked about seriously for far too long. ‘Why continue to discuss it?’ they might ask.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Genders and Sexualities in History
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	1-22
Number of pages	22
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230337039_1
Publication status	Published - 2011
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Genders and Sexualities in History
ISSN (Print)	2730-9479
ISSN (Electronic)	2730-9487

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, Peter Cryle and Alison Moore.

Keywords

Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
Nineteenth Century
Premature Ejaculation
Sexual Arousal
Sexual Desire

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