sexology
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- noun
- /sɛkˈsɑlədʒi/
- Specialized
- At the conference on sexology, researchers discussed various approaches to understanding human sexuality.
- sexology clinic
- development of sexology
Examples
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I thought the way to understand sexuality was by applying sexology.
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We recruited the clinical sample from the sexology clinic of Coimbra's University Hospital.
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Examining the methods used in sexology is a vital part of understanding sexuality.
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Though Money remains controversial, he has contributed significantly to the development of sexology as a discipline.
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John Money is one of the great pioneers of American sexology in the last part of the 20th century.
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You study sexology in order to understand some of the forces of definition and regulation that construct sexuality.
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The impact of these social constructionist ideas on sexology is tremendous.
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Consequently, both Alex and I have now achieved our doctorates in Human Sexology.
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Examining the frameworks, methods, and assumptions about women and gender that we employ in sexology is a vital part of this project.
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Feminist sexology is the scholarly study of sexuality that is of, by, and for women's interests (Koch, 2004).
Academic text (2006)
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word sexology comes from sex ('sex' or 'gender') and the ending -ology ('study'), the same ending you see in biology and psychology. So sexology is the 'study of sex' and sexual behaviour.