Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 / The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism

by Havelock Ellis

• Papuans,
  • modesty of, [9].
  • sexual periodicity among, [128].
• Penis suecedaneus, [169].
• Pollutio, [188].
• Pollutio interruptus, [195].
• Polynesian modesty, [10], [60].
• Precocity,
  • sexual, [238], [244].
• Pregnancy,
  • menstrual cycle during, [109].
• Prostitutes,
  • hysteria among, [217].
  • masturbation in, [238].
  • modesty of, [70].
• Prudery, [33], [35].
• Prurience based on modesty, [65].
• Psychic coitus, [183].
• Psychic traumatism, [220].
• Pulse,
  • periodicity of the, [111], [297].
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• Railway travelling as cause of sexual excitement, [176].
  • periodicity of, [150].
• Rapes,
• Religion and sexual emotions, [310] et seq.
• Revery, [184] et seq.
• Rhythm, [85].
• Riding as a cause of sexual excitement, [175].
• Ritual factor of modesty, [54], [65].
• Roland, Mme., [189].
  • modesty of, [24], [67].
• Romans,
• Rosalia, [130].
• Rousseau, [265].
  • conception rate in, [139].
  • modesty in, [31].
• Russia,
• Rest, [91], [100].

• Sacro-pubic region as a centre of modesty, [51].
• St. John's Eve,
  • festival of, [132].
• Samoa, [12].
• Samoyeds,
  • menstruation among, [89].
• Saturnalia, [132].
• Scarlet fever,
  • periodicity of, [157].
• Schools,
  • auto-erotic phenomena in, [240] et seq.
• Seasonal periodicity of sexual impulse, [112] et seq.
• Seduction and menstruation, [103].
• Seminal emissions during sleep, [188] et seq.
• Serpent in folk-lore, [284] et seq.
• Sewing-machine as a cause of sexual excitement, [176].
• Sexual anæsthesia induced by masturbation, [262].
• Sexual factor of modesty, [37] et seq.
• Sexual desire,
  • in relation to blushing, [74].
  • in relation to hysteria, [212] et seq.
  • in relation to menstruation, [100] et seq.
  • in relation to modesty, [42] et seq., [64].
  • in relation to season, [122] et seq.
  • in women, [3], [100] et seq.
• • what we owe to irradiations of, [5].
• Sexual periodicity in men, [107] et seq., [297] et seq.
• Sexual organs viewed differently by savage and civilized peoples, [61].
  • definition and nature of, [6], [36], [48], [83].
• Shame,
• Short sight and modesty, [77].
• Shyness, [77].
  • private, [66].
• Slang,
• Sleep in relation to sexual activity, [188] et seq.
• Snake and women in folk-lore, [284] et seq.
• Somnambulism of bladder, [194].
  • modesty in, [66].
• Speech,
  • as season of sexual excitement, [148].
  • festivals of, [134] et seq.
• Spring,
  • auto-erotic aspects of, [174].
• Swinging,
• Succubus, [188].
  • periodicity of, [115], [153].
• Suicide,
  • and modesty, [55].
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• Taboo and menstruation, [287].
• Tahiti, [10].
  • opinions of, [184], [188], [278], [279].
• Tammuz festival, [135].
• Theologians,
• Theresa, St., [205], [220], [323].
• Thigh-friction, [179], [239].
• Thumb-sucking, [239].
• Timidity, [7].
  • modesty at, [9].
• Tight-lacing as a cause of sexual excitement, [178].
• Torres Straits,
• Turkish modesty, [19], [31].

• Uncleanness,
  • primitive conception of, [287] et seq.
• Uric acid,
  • excretion, periodicity of, [159].
• Urine,
  • incontinence of, [193].
• Urtication,
  • as a form of auto-erotism, [181].
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• Valentine's Day, [131].
  • origin of the, [55] et seq.
• Veil,
• Vesical dreams, [193] et seq.
  • private, [66].
• Vocabularies,
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• Walpurgisnacht, [134].
  • erotic hallucinations of, [202].
• Weekly sexual rhythm, [115] et seq., [306] et seq.
• Witches,
  • as property in relation to modesty, [63].
  • masturbation among, [169] et seq., [243] et seq., [264] et seq.
  • menstruation in, [86] et seq., [284] et seq.
  • sexual impulse in, [3].
  • their auto-erotic manifestations in sleep, [196].
  • their night-inspiration, [76].
  • whether more modest than men, [3], [75].
• Womb anciently thought source of hysteria, [212].
  • primitive divisions of, [134].
• Women,
  • auto-erotic manifestations in, [188].
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• Year,
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• Zeus,

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DIAGRAMS

CHART I.—The Monthly Ecbolic Curve.