Book ID: CBB001422044

Fuckology: Critical Essays on John Money's Diagnostic Concepts (2014)

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Downing, Lisa (Editor)
Morland, Iain (Editor)
Sullivan, Nikki (Editor)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 224 pp.; ill.; index
Language: English

One of the twentieth century's most controversial sexologists---or “fuckologists,” to use his own memorable term---John Money was considered a trailblazing scientist and sexual libertarian by some, but damned by others as a fraud and a pervert. Money invented the concept of gender in the 1950s, yet fought its uptake by feminists. He backed surgical treatments for transsexuality, but argued that gender roles were set by reproductive capacity. He shaped the treatment of intersex, advocating experimental sex changes for children with ambiguous genitalia. He pioneered drug therapy for sex offenders, yet took an ambivalent stance towards pedophilia. In his most publicized case study, Money oversaw the reassignment of David Reimer as female following a circumcision accident in infancy. Heralded by many as proof that gender is pliable, the case was later discredited when Reimer revealed that he had lived as a male since his early teens. In Fuckology, the authors contextualize and interrogate Money's writings and practices. The book focuses on his three key diagnostic concepts, “hermaphroditism,” “transsexualism,” and “paraphilia,” but also addresses his lesser-known work on topics ranging from animal behavior to the philosophy of science. The result is a comprehensive collection of new insights for researchers and students within cultural, historical, and gender studies, as well as for practitioners and activists in sexology, psychology, and patient rights.

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Authors & Contributors
Hegarty, Peter
Sharman Levinson
Sylvie Chaperon
Kateřina Lišková
Camille Noûs
Sarah Kendal
Concepts
Sexual behavior
Psychology
Sexology
Science and gender
Homosexuality
Sexuality
Time Periods
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
19th century
20th century, late
Early modern
Places
United States
Czechoslovakia
North America
Italy
Greece
France
Institutions
Committee for Research on the Problems of Sex (CRPS) (1920-1965)
Columbia University
American Museum of Natural History, New York
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