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

Chapter 39: INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
By Havelock Ellis
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This volume collects three studies that examine sexual psychology from historical, anthropological, physiological, and clinical perspectives. The first traces the origins and cultural variations of modesty, using ethnographic comparisons to show how social habit and secrecy shape sexual feeling. The second surveys cyclical sexual rhythms in humans and other animals, discussing physiological periodicity and its psychological effects. The third analyzes auto-erotic behavior through case reports and scientific literature, distinguishing common from pathological forms and surveying moral and medical responses. Throughout, the author favors candid empirical inquiry, challenges prudish secrecy, and seeks to separate natural variation from disorder.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

  • Africa,
  • Ainu,
    • modesty of, 22.
  • American Indians,
    • menstruation in, 89.
    • modesty of, 13.
  • Anæmia and hysteria, 233.
  • Andamanese modesty, 14.
  • Animals,
    • breeding season of, 124.
    • hysteria in, 215.
    • masturbation in, 164 et seq.
    • modesty in, 37.
    • their dislike of dirt, 51.
  • Annual sexual rhythm, 122 et seq., 300 et seq.
  • Anus as a centre of modesty, 52.
  • Apes,
    • masturbation in, 165.
    • menstruation in, 94.
    • Arabian festivals, 135.
  • Arabs,
    • modesty in, 19, 42.
    • their ancient conception of uncleanness, 287.
  • Art and auto-erotism, 265, 282.
  • Asafœtida in hysteria, 211.
  • Attitudes passionnelles, 224.
  • Australia,
    • modesty in, 9, 60.
    • sexual festivals in, 127.
  • Autumn festivals, 136.
  • Baboon,
    • menstruation in, 93.
  • Babylonian festivals, 135.
  • Bashfulness, 36.
  • Bathing,
    • promiscuous, 26, 34.
  • Beltane fires, 131.
  • Bengal,
    • modesty in, 14.
    • sexual periodicity in, 128.
  • Birds,
    • dreams of, 193.
  • Birthrate,
    • periodicity of, 137 et seq.
  • Bladder,
    • as a source of dreams, 193.
    • foreign bodies in, 171 et seq.
    • periodicity in expulsive force of, 158.
  • Blindness in relation to modesty, 77.
  • Blood,
    • primitive ideas about, 289.
    • supposed virtues of menstrual, 292.
  • Blood-pressure, 101.
  • Blushing,
    • the significance of, 46, 72 et seq.
  • Bonfire festivals, 131.
  • Borneo,
    • modesty in, 15.
  • Bosom in relation to modesty, 38.
  • Brazil,
    • modesty in, 12, 60.
  • Bread,
    • periodicity in consumption of, 155.
  • Breeding season, 123 et seq.
  • Brumalia, 130.
  • Camargo, 33.
  • Catholic theologians,
    • on delectatio morosa, 184.
    • on erotic dreams, 188.
    • on masturbation, 279.
  • Celibacy and religion, 311.
  • Ceremonial element in religion, 135.
  • Chastity in Polynesia, 10.
  • Chemical rays and sexual periodicity, 140.
  • Childbirth,
    • modesty in, 29.
  • Children,
    • masturbation in, 239.
    • periodicity of growth in, 153.
    • spring fever in, 149.
    • their lack of modesty, 36.
  • Chimpanzee, menstruation in, 94.
  • Chinese modesty, 20, 62.
  • Chivalry and modesty, 64.
  • Chlorosis and hysteria, 233.
  • Christianity,
    • in relation to modesty, 25 et seq., 44.
    • its attitude towards masturbation, 278 et seq.
  • Christmas festivals, 133, 137.
  • Clothing and modesty, 58 et seq.
  • Cod-piece, 28.
  • Coitus,
  • Conception rate, 137 et seq.
  • Conduct,
    • periodicity in, 152.
  • Continence,
    • importance of, 282.
  • Convents,
    • hysteria in, 217.
  • Coquetry,
    • function of, 41, 59.
  • Courtship,
    • the essential element in, 41.
  • Crime,
    • periodicity of, 150.
  • Criminals,
    • masturbation among, 238.
    • sexual outbursts in, 147.
  • Crow,
    • breeding habits of, 125.
  • Cycling in relation to sexual excitement, 177.
  • Dancing,
    • auto-erotic aspects of, 180.
  • Dancing and modesty, 28.
  • Darkness in relation to blushing, 76.
  • Day-dreaming, 184 et seq.
  • Deer,
    • breeding habits of, 124.
  • Delectatio morosa, 183, 184.
  • Denmark,
    • modesty in, 29.
  • Diogenes, 277.
  • Dionysian festivals, 130.
  • Disgust as a factor of modesty, 47 et seq., 82.
  • Distillatio, 279.
  • Dog,
    • breeding season of, 124.
  • Drawers,
    • origin of feminine, 28, 32.
  • Dreams,
    • and sexual periodicity, 112.
    • day, 184 et seq.
    • erotic, 191 et seq.
    • Freud on, 222.
    • inverted, 195.
    • vesical, 193 et seq.

  • Easter festivals, 131, 135.
  • Eating,
    • modesty in, 48, 55.
  • Ecbolic curve, 112 et seq.
  • Economic factor of modesty, 64.
  • Elephants,
    • masturbation in, 165.
  • Enuresis,
    • nocturnal, 193.
  • Epilepsy,
    • anciently confused with hysteria, 211.
    • in relation to masturbation, 256.
  • Erotic dreams, 191 et seq.
    • festivals, 127 et seq.
    • hallucinations, 200.
  • Eskimo,
    • menstruation in, 89.
    • modesty of, 47, 60.
    • sexual habits of, 126.
  • Etruscans,
    • modesty among, 23.
  • Evil eye and modesty, 56.
  • Excretory customs and modesty, 52.
  • Eye disorders and masturbation, 250.
  • Face as a centre of modesty, 78.
  • Fear,
    • modesty based on, 36, 47.
  • Ferrets,
    • masturbation in, 165.
  • Festivals,
    • erotic, 127 et seq.
  • Fools,
    • Feast of, 130.
  • Foot and modesty, 20.
  • Frigidity caused by masturbation, 262.
  • Fuegians,
    • modesty of, 13.

  • General paralysis,
    • annual curve of, 150.
  • Globus hystericus, 210.
  • Goethe, 266.
  • Gogol, 265.
  • Greeks,
    • festivals of, 130.
    • modesty among, 22.
    • their attitude towards masturbation, 297.
  • Growth, periodicity in, 153.
  • Hair-pin used in masturbation, 172 et seq.
  • Hallucinations,
  • Head,
    • covering the, 56.
  • Heart disease,
    • monthly rhythm in, 111.
  • "Heat" in animals, 91.
    • its relation to menstruation, 98.
  • Hemicrania,
    • periodicity in, 112.
  • Horse exercise and sexual excitement, 175.
  • Horses,
    • masturbation in, 165.
  • Hottentots,
    • masturbation among, 167.
  • Hymen in relation to modesty, 39.
  • Hysteria,
  • Iceland,
    • modesty in, 30.
  • Illegitimate births,
    • periodicity of, 139.
  • Incubus, 188.
  • India,
    • conception rate in, 139.
    • masturbation in, 167.
    • modesty in, 14.
  • Infants,
    • masturbation in, 238.
  • Insane,
    • masturbation in the, 238, 243.
    • modesty in the, 51.
  • Insanity and masturbation, 252 et seq.
  • Inversion,
    • dreams in, 195.
  • Ireland,
    • modesty in, 30, 63.
  • Ishtar, 135.
  • Italy,
    • modesty in, 30, 35.

  • Japanese,
    • masturbation among, 167.
    • modesty of, 21, 70, 76.
  • Jealousy in relation to modesty, 40, 63.
  • Kadishtu, 135.
  • Kierkegaard, 266.
  • Lapps,
    • menstruation among, 89.
    • modesty of, 20.
  • Lizard and women in folk-lore, 285, 286.
  • Love largely based on modesty, 1, 5, 53, 82 et seq.
  • Macaque,
    • menstruation in, 93.
    • Malay festivals, 130.
  • Maori,
    • modesty, 11.
  • Marriage caused by masturbation,
    • aversion to, 262.
  • Marriage and the hysterical, 216, 232.
  • Masturbation among animals, 164 et seq.
    • among lower human races, 166.
    • among higher human races, 169.
    • as a sedative, 268 et seq.
    • combined with religious emotions, 312 et seq.
    • in men of genius, 265.
    • interrupted, 195.
    • in the insane, 238, 243.
    • methods of, 166 et seq.
    • periodicity of, 115.
    • prevalence of, 235 et seq.
    • symptoms and results of, 248 et seq.
  • May-day festivals, 131.
  • Mediæval modesty, 27.
  • Medicean Venus,
    • attitude of, 38.
  • Menstrual blood,
    • supposed virtues of, 292.
  • Menstrual cycle in men, 106 et seq.
  • Menstruation,
    • among primitive peoples, 89.
    • and hysteria, 216.
    • and modesty, 55.
    • and pregnancy, 109.
    • and social position of women, 284 et seq.
    • as a continuous process, 90.
    • as a process of purification, 55.
    • cause doubtful, 94.
    • euphemisms for, 68.
    • in animals, 91 et seq.
    • occasional absence in health, 96.
    • origin of, 86.
    • precocity in, 238.
    • primitive theory of, 286.
    • relation to "heat," 98.
    • relation to ovulation, 95.
    • relation to sexual desire, 98 et seq.
  • Mental energy, periodicity of, 158.
  • Metabolism,
    • seasonal influences on, 159.
  • Mittelschmerz, 89 et seq.
  • Mohammedans,
    • attitude towards menstruation, 278.
    • modesty of, 19, 55.
    • mysticism among, 323.
  • Midsummer festivals, 132.
  • Monkeys,
    • breeding season of, 124, 126.
    • masturbation in, 165.
    • menstruation in, 92.
  • Moon and masturbation, 86 et seq., 111, 199.
  • Moral element in modesty, 83.
  • Moritz, K. P., 265.
  • Muscular force,
    • periodicity of, 158.
  • Mysticism and sexual emotion, 205, 315 et seq.
  • Nakedness,
    • chaste in its effects, 61.
    • in relation to modesty, 8 et seq., 75.
  • Narcissism, 206.
  • Nates as a centre of modesty, 59.
  • Negroes,
    • modesty of, 15 et seq.
  • Nervous diseases and masturbation, 252 et seq.
  • Neurasthenia and masturbation, 259.
  • New England,
    • modesty in, 33.
  • New Georgians,
    • modesty among, 8.
  • New Guinea,
    • folk-lore of menstruation in, 286.
    • modesty in, 9.
  • New Hebrides,
    • modesty in, 8.
  • New Zealand,
    • modesty in, 11.
  • Nicobarese modesty, 14.
  • Night-inspiration, 76.
  • Novel-reading,
    • alleged sexual periodicity in, 155.

  • Obscenity,
    • Roman horror of, 67.
  • Œstrus, 91, 101.
  • "Onanism,"
    • the term, 162.
  • Orang-utan,
    • menstruation in, 92.
  • Orgasm,
    • spontaneous, 182 et seq.
  • Ornament as a sexual lure, 61.
  • Ovaries with hysteria,
    • alleged association of, 216.
  • Ovulation and menstruation, 95.
  • Papuans,
    • modesty of, 9.
    • sexual periodicity among, 128.
  • Penis suecedaneus, 169.
  • Pollutio, 188.
  • Pollutio interruptus, 195.
  • Polynesian modesty, 10, 60.
  • Precocity,
  • 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.

  • Railway travelling as cause of sexual excitement, 176.
  • Rapes,
    • periodicity of, 150.
  • 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.
  • Romans,
    • modesty of, 24, 67.
  • Rosalia, 130.
  • Rousseau, 265.
  • Russia,
    • conception rate in, 139.
    • modesty in, 31.
  • 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.
  • Sexual periodicity in men, 107 et seq., 297 et seq.
    • what we owe to irradiations of, 5.
  • Sexual organs viewed differently by savage and civilized peoples, 61.
  • Shame,
    • definition and nature of, 6, 36, 48, 83.
  • Short sight and modesty, 77.
  • Shyness, 77.
  • Slang,
    • private, 66.
  • Sleep in relation to sexual activity, 188 et seq.
  • Snake and women in folk-lore, 284 et seq.
  • Somnambulism of bladder, 194.
  • Speech,
    • modesty in, 66.
  • Spring,
    • as season of sexual excitement, 148.
    • festivals of, 134 et seq.
  • Swinging,
    • auto-erotic aspects of, 174.
  • Succubus, 188.
  • Suicide,
  • Taboo and menstruation, 287.
    • and modesty, 55.
  • Tahiti, 10.
  • Tammuz festival, 135.
  • Theologians,
  • Theresa, St., 205, 220, 323.
  • Thigh-friction, 179, 239.
  • Thumb-sucking, 239.
  • Timidity, 7.
  • Tight-lacing as a cause of sexual excitement, 178.
  • Torres Straits,
    • modesty at, 9.
  • 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.

  • Valentine's Day, 131.
  • Veil,
    • origin of the, 55 et seq.
  • Vesical dreams, 193 et seq.
  • Vocabularies,
    • private, 66.

  • Walpurgisnacht, 134.
  • Weekly sexual rhythm, 115 et seq., 306 et seq.
  • Witches,
    • erotic hallucinations of, 202.
  • Womb anciently thought source of hysteria, 212.
  • Women,
    • 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.

  • Year,
    • primitive divisions of, 134.

  • Zeus,
    • auto-erotic manifestations in, 188.