The Machines of Sex Research -- The Penile Strain Gauge and Aversion Therapy: Measuring and Fixing the Sexual Body -- The Couples Laboratory and the Penis-Camera: Seeking the Source of Orgasm -- The Vaginal Photoplethysmograph and Devices for Women: Gauging Female Arousal -- Conclusion: The Future of Human Sex Research Technologies -- Erratum to: The Penile Strain Gauge and Aversion Therapy: Measuring and Fixing the Sexual Body
Summary
The Machines of Sex Research describes how researchers worldwide integrated technology into studies of human sexuality in the postwar era. The machines they invented made new ways of seeing bodies possible. Some researchers who studied men used machines like penile strain gauges to police ""deviant"" male sexuality; others used less painful devices like penis-cameras to study women's sexual responses and map the physiology of their arousal and orgasm. While researchers used the findings from their technological innovations to propose their own views of how people should view their bodies and s
Analysis
Science -- History
Sexual behavior
Science, general
History of Science
wetenschap
science
geschiedenis
history
machines
uitrusting
equipment
seksueel gedrag
sexual behaviour
Sciences (General)
Empirische wetenschappen (algemeen)
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 17, 2013)
