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Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 / Sexual Selection In Man

Chapter 41: INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
By Havelock Ellis
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The author examines how human mate choice is shaped by sensory stimuli, arguing that touch, smell, hearing, and especially vision mediate sexual selection. He surveys tactile phenomena including ticklishness, skin sensitivity, kissing, and erotic associations of nipples and suckling, as well as olfactory influences and perfumes, the role of rhythm and the voice, and visual standards of beauty and secondary sexual characteristics. Cultural practices such as bathing, clothing, and ornamentation are analyzed for their sexual and religious associations. Throughout, psychological mechanisms linking sensory perception to sexual attraction are emphasized and gaps highlighted where empirical measurement remains limited.

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

  • Bath,
    • its history in modern Europe, 36 et seq.
    • opposed by early Christians, 31.
    • also by Mohammed, 35.
  • Baudelaire's olfactory sensibility, 73.
  • Beard in relation to beauty, 173.
  • Beauty as the symbol of love, 138.
    • the chief agent in sexual selection, 136.
    • the sexual element in æsthetic, 137.
    • its largely objective character, 139, 151, 154.
    • ideals of, among various peoples, 140 et seq.
    • sometimes found in lowest races, 152.
    • primary sex characters as an element of, 157 et seq.
  • Beauty,
    • clothing in relation to, 158.
    • secondary sexual characters as an element of, 163 et seq.
    • in relation to pigmentation, 177 et seq., 197 et seq.
    • the individual element in ideal of, 183.
    • the exotic element, 184.
    • in relation to stature, 195 et seq.
  • Bird song,
    • origin of, 123.
  • Biting in relation to origin of kissing, 216.
  • Blind,
    • sense of smell in the, 74.
    • sensitiveness to voice, 129.
  • Blondes,
    • the admiration for, 177 et seq., 197 et seq.
  • Breasts,
    • as an element of beauty, 170 et seq., 176.
    • as a tactile sexual focus, 23 et seq.
  • Breath,
  • Brothels,
    • public baths once synonymous with, 38.
  • Brummell, 193.
  • Brunettes,
    • the admiration for, 177 et seq., 197 et seq.
  • Bustle, 166.
  • Capryl odors, 104.
  • Carbolic acid disliked by savages, 48, 50.
  • Castoreum, 47, 92, 95, 98.
  • Cataglottism, 5.
  • Catholic theologians,
    • on danger of tactile contacts, 8.
    • opposed bathing, 31.
  • Chenopodium vulvaria, 104.
  • Chinese ideal of beauty, 176.
    • odor of, 60.
    • music among, 125.
    • practice the olfactory kiss, 220.
  • Christianity,
    • its use of the kiss, 219.
    • opposition to bathing, 31 et seq.
  • Civet, 47, 49, 92, 96.
  • Cleanliness and Christianity, 33 et seq.
  • Cleanliness in relation to sexual attraction, 192.
  • Clitoris,
    • deformation of, 157.
  • Clothing,
  • Codpiece, 159.
  • Coitus,
    • body odor during, 63.
  • Comic sense, 14.
  • Continence,
  • Corset, 171 et seq.
  • Crinoline, 170.
  • Cumarine, 93, 105.
  • Cunnilingus, 21, 75.
  • Cutaneous excitation,
    • tonic effects of, 5.
  • Dancing in sexual selection, 186.
  • Death,
    • odor of, 62.
  • Degenerates sexually attracted to one another, 200.
  • Disparity,
    • the sexual charm of, 195 et seq., 208.
  • Dogs practice cunnilingus, 21.
    • predominance of smell in mental life of, 47, 104.
    • susceptibility to music, 122.
  • Doves,
    • sexual attraction among, 206.
  • Dyeing the hair,
    • origin of, 179.
  • Egyptian ideal of beauty, 145, 166, 174, 176.
  • Emotional memory, 56.
  • English type of beauty, 182.
  • Erogenous zone, 9.
  • Eskimo, 66, 153.
  • Eunuchs,
    • odor of, 65.
  • Europeans,
    • odor of, 60.
  • Exotic element in ideal of beauty, 184.
  • Eyes as a factor of beauty, 176 et seq.
  • Fairness in relation to vigor, 203.
  • Farthingale, 169.
  • Fellatio, 21, 75.
  • Fetichism,
  • Flowers,
    • occasional injurious effect of perfumes of, 108.
    • sexual character of their perfume, 92, 102 et seq.
  • French ideal of beauty, 147, 182.
  • Fuegians, 15, 153, 218.
  • German ideal of beauty, 147.
  • Goethe's olfactory sensibility, 74.
  • Gray eyes,
    • admiration for, 180.
  • Greeks,
    • conception of music, 125.
    • ideal of beauty, 145.
    • pygmalionism among, 188.
  • Green eyes,
    • admiration for, 180.
  • Gunnings, the, 183.
  • Hair as an element of beauty, 159, 173, 177 et seq.
    • sexual development of, 91.
    • suggested function of, 95.
    • odor of, 97.
  • Hallucinations of smell, 70.
  • Hamilton, Lady, 183.
  • Hebrews acquainted with kiss, 219.
    • ideal of beauty, 142.
  • Henna plant,
  • Heterogamy, 207.
  • Hindu ideal of beauty, 142.
  • Hips as a feature of beauty, 164 et seq.
  • Homogamy, 204, 207.
  • Hottentot apron as a feature of beauty, 157.
  • Hura dance, 186.
  • Hypnosis,
    • effect of music during, 117.
  • Hysteria and the skin, 9.
  • Immorality and bathing, 37 et seq.
  • Incest, origin of the abhorrence of, 204 et seq.
  • Incontinence,
    • odor of, 64.
  • Indians, American,
    • ideas of beauty, 153, 175.
    • odor of, 60.
    • types of beauty, 152.
    • seldom acquainted with kiss, 221.
  • Infants,
    • odor of, 63.
  • Insects and music, 123.
    • smell in their sexual life, 47, 92, 97.
  • Inversion,
    • influence of odor in sexual, 80 et seq.
  • Irish ideal of beauty, 149.
  • Italian ideal of beauty, 149, 179.
  • Itching,
    • its parallelism to sexual tumescence, 15.
  • Kiss, the, 5, 7, 22, 66, 215 et seq.
  • Kwan-yin as a type of beauty, 154.
  • Lactation,
    • controlling influences on, 24.
    • in relation to menstruation, 25.
  • Larynx at puberty, 124.
  • Laughter as a form of detumescence, 14.
  • Leather,
    • odor of, 64, 100 et seq.
  • Lily,
  • Longevity and beauty, 139.
  • Malays,
    • ideals of beauty, 141.
    • the kiss among, 221.
  • Maoris, 49.
  • Married couples,
    • degree of resemblance between, 200 et seq.
  • Massage as a sexual stimulant, 6, 39.
  • Masturbation,
    • in relation to acne, 10.
    • in relation to bleeding of nose, 68.
    • in relation to hallucinations of smell, 71.
  • Melody,
    • the nature of, 115.
  • Memories,
    • olfactory, 56.
    • tactile, 5.
  • Menstruation,
    • in relation to acne, 10.
    • in relation to lactation, 25.
    • in relation to body odors, 64.
    • in relation to bleeding of nose, 68.
  • Mirror as a method of heightening tumescence, 187.
  • Mixoscopy, 188.
  • Modesty in relation to ticklishness, 18.
  • Mohammed,
    • his love of perfumes, 99.
    • his opinion of public baths, 35.
  • Mohammedans,
    • attitude toward bath, 35.
    • preference for musk perfume, 98.
  • Mosquitoes,
    • attracted by music, 123.
  • Moths,
    • sexual odors of, 92, 97.
  • Movement,
  • Music,
    • among Chinese and Greeks, 125.
    • origins of, 113 et seq.
    • effects of, during hypnosis, 117.
    • physiological influence of, 118 et seq.
  • Music,
    • why it is pleasurable, 122.
    • its sexual attraction among animals, 123.
    • in man, 124 et seq.
    • supposed therapeutic effects, 126.
  • Musk, 53, 57, 60, 63, 77, 80, 91, 93, 95, 96 et seq., 107.
  • Mutilations,
    • among savages for magic purposes, 160.
    • for sake of beauty, 157, 175.
  • Narcissism, 187.
  • Nasal mucous membrane and genital sphere, 68 et seq.
  • Nates as a feature of beauty, 164 et seq.
  • Necklace,
    • significance of, 160.
  • Necrophily, 188.
  • Negress,
  • Negro ideas of beauty, 153.
    • odor of, 59.
    • mode of kissing, 218, 220.
  • Neopallium, 45.
  • Neurasthenia and olfactory susceptibility, 72, 107.
    • in relation to pruritus, 15.
  • Nicobarese, 50, 60.
  • Nietzsche's supposed olfactory sensibility, 73.
  • Nipple as a sexual focus, 23 et seq.
  • Nose and sexual organs,
    • supposed connection, between, 67.
  • Obesity,
    • the oriental admiration for, 166.
  • Odors,
    • artificial, 93.
    • classification of, 53.
    • as stimulants, 57, 80, 98.
    • as medicines, 58, 98.
    • distinctive of various human races, 59.
    • of sanctity, 62.
  • Odors of death, 62.
    • of the body, 62 et seq.
  • Olfaction in relation to sexual selection, 66 et seq.
    • (See "Odors" and "Smells.")
    • the study of, 50 et seq.
  • Olfactory area of brain, 44 et seq.
  • Oöphorectomy and sense of smell, 65.
  • Orgasm as a skin reflex, 16.
    • founded on tactile sensations, 7.
    • produced by various tactile contacts, 9.
  • Ornament,
    • its religious significance, 160.
    • sexual significance of, 159.
  • Overall, Mrs., 183.
  • Padmini, 77, 142.
  • Papuans, 48, 66, 95, 167.
  • Parity,
    • the sexual charm of, 195 et seq.
  • Peasants,
    • odor of, 89.
  • Peau d'Espagne, 99.
  • Perfume,
    • ancient use of, 77, 96.
    • sexual influence of, 86, 91 et seq.
    • results of excessive stimulation by, 107 et seq.
  • Persian ideal of beauty, 144.
  • Phallus worship, 160.
  • Pigmentation connected with intensity of odor, 61, 80.
    • in relation to beauty, 177 et seq., 197 et seq.
    • in relation to vigor, 203.
  • Polynesian dancing, 186.
  • Pompeii, 31, 156.
  • Preferential mating, 202.
  • Pregnancy as an ideal of beauty, 68.
  • Primary sex characters as an element of beauty, 157.
  • Provençal ideal of beauty, 146.
  • Pruritus, 15.
  • Puberty,
    • accompanied by increased interest in art, 133.
    • olfactory sensibility at, 86.
  • Pygmalionism, 188.
  • Reeve, Pleasance, 183.
  • Renaissance type of beauty, 179.
  • Restif de la Bretonne, 100.
  • Rhinencephalon, 45.
  • Rhythm,
    • as a stimulant, 114.
    • the sense of, 113.
  • Saddleback as a feature of beauty, 167.
  • Salutation by smelling, 66.
  • Samoans, 49.
  • Sanctity, odor of, 62.
  • Savages,
    • important part played by odor in their mental life, 48.
    • sometimes beautiful, 152.
    • their ideals of beauty, 140, 157 et seq.
  • Secondary sexual characters in relation to sexual attraction, 163 et seq., 208.
  • Semen,
    • odor of, 104 et seq.
  • Sexual differences in admiration of beauty, 190.
    • in olfactory acuteness, 86, 87.
    • in urination, 209.
  • Shoe fetichism, 100.
  • Singalese ideal of beauty, 141.
  • Singing as affected by sexual emotion, 132.
  • Skin,
    • complexity of its functions, 3 et seq.
  • Smell,
    • antipathies aroused by, 82.
    • its evolution, 44.
    • sexual significance in animals, 46.
    • its significance in man, 47 et seq.
    • theory of, 52.
    • special characteristics of, 54.
    • as the sense of the imagination, 56.
    • as distinctive of races and individuals, 59 et seq.
    • hallucinations of, 70.
    • in part the foundation of kiss, 220 et seq.
    • results of its excessive stimulation, 107 et seq.
  • Sneezing and sexual stimulation, 68.
  • Spanish ideal of beauty, 146.
    • saddle-back as an element of, 167.
  • Stanley, Lady Venetia, 183.
  • Statues, sexual love of, 188.
  • Statue in relation to beauty, 195 et seq., 208.
  • Steatopygia, 165.
  • Strength,
    • the admiration of women for, 190 et seq., 203.
  • Suckling as a cause of perversion, 28.
    • as a source of sexual emotion, 27.
  • Swahilis, 50.
  • Tahiti, 34.
  • Tallness,
    • the admiration of, 195 et seq.
  • Taste no part in sexual selection, 1.
  • Tattooing, 158.
  • Tennyson, 199.
  • Thure-Brandt system of massage as a sexual stimulant, 40.
  • Ticklishness, 11.
    • not a simple reflex, 13.
    • explainable by summation-irradiation theory, 14.
    • in relation to the sexual embrace, 15 et seq.
    • diminishes with age, 17.
    • also after marriage, 18.
  • Touch,
    • of kiss, 215 et seq.
  • Touch,
    • in part, foundation of kiss, 215 et seq.
    • the most primitive of all senses, 3 et seq.
    • the first to prove pleasurable, 5.
    • the most emotional sense, 6.
    • foundation of sexual orgasm, 7.
  • Triangle as a sexual symbol, 161.
  • Tumescence as a necessary preliminary to sexual influence of odors, 83.
    • the chief stimuli of, 1.
  • Urinary fetichism, 75.
  • Urination,
    • habits of sexes in, 109.
  • Uterus,
    • its relations to breast, 23 et seq.
  • Vair, significance of term, 180.
  • Valerianic acid, 49, 104.
  • Vanilla, 58, 93, 104, 107.
  • Viguier, Paule de, 151.
  • Violet perfume, 49, 80, 93, 104.
  • Voice as a source of sexual stimulation, 128 et seq.
  • Vulvar odor,
    • alleged function of, 64.
  • Wagner's music,
    • emotional effects of, 128, 131.
  • Walk,
    • beauty of, 167.
  • Whitman,
    • odor of Walt, 62.
  • Zola's olfactory sensibility, 73.