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Richard von Krafft-Ebing

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Noun1.Richard von Krafft-Ebing - German neurologist noted for his studies of sexual deviance (1840-1902)


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Richard von Krafft-Ebing, the famed 19th century encyclopedist of sexual practices, called homosexuality a "degenerative sickness.
Because she was dyslexic--her spelling was extraordinary--she found reading a struggle, so Una would read aloud to her from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, by Havelock Ellis, and from Psychopathia Sexualis, by Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
7) In 1889 Richard von Krafft-Ebing included lesbianism among the sexual perversions he discussed in Psychopathia sexualis, and, according to his formulations, female homosexuality was to be suspected in women who wore their hair short, partook in male pastimes or sports, and enjoyed cross-dressing on or off stage.
 
 
 
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