Sex researchers and sex myths
A challenge to activism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10210689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lonny Myers (University of Chicago, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 84-89 |
| Publication date | 1981-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Sex Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-4499 • E-ISSN: 1559-8519 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00224498109551101 |
| OpenAlex | W2063722055 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Sex researchers appear to isolate themselves from the perpetrators of the conservative point of view. Organized medicine and organized religion appear to be off limits for direct criticism? even when such criticism is based on solid scientific data. Sex researchers do not hesitate to present data that contradict the conservative viewpoint, but they do not attack the inaccuracies published by medical and religious organizations. Millions of families have far more contact with medical and religious writings than with the writings of sex researchers. By allowing these publications to go unchallenged we run the risk of giving both the public and conservative professionals the idea that inaccurate medical and religious writings are not truly inaccurate but rather represent another equally valid view of sexual health and normalcy
Criticism · Mythology · Point (geometry · Political science · Sociology · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · History · Law · Psychology · Sex and Gender in Healthcare · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.05 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1987 - 1995 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |