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Contents 1 Marquis de Sade 2 Lockdown 3 Someone please 4 Notable Sexologists

[edit] Marquis de Sade

I have removed the following paragraph from the article and placed it on the talk page:

The Marquis de Sade's writings on sex and similar subjects are still considered to be perverse and shocking, even after over a century and a half. He surpassed the Kama Sutra, which he makes look like a child's Dick-in-Jane book. His name is also the root of the word 'sadism', which features throughout his works. He was imprisoned for most of his adult life because he was one of the few philosophers who practiced everything he preached...Remember, when he was alive, sodomy was an offence punishable by death.

Mainly I think this does not belong in the article because sexology is the scientific, not literary, study of sex. If someone wants to draw a connection and put the information back in, I'm fine with that, but even then the POV needs to be removed. --Allen 03:30, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, -ology usually refers to the study. Does de Sade do any science, or are his grimoires more a collection of personal fetishes? Tyciol 19:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lockdown

This needs to be locked down. 68.209.95.147

Agreed, seems like some April Fools vandalism. Joy. Tyciol 19:24, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Someone please

Someone please take out the "Fag~~" Thing

[edit] Notable Sexologists

I am very surprised that Sue Johanson is not listed here. She is probably the most well known practising sexologist today. SJM 1 March 2007

• I don't know if she is so much a sexologist as she is a pop culture sex educator. Jvbishop 13:19, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I believe she is a nurse by training. Dr. Ruth Westheimer is another well known sex educator but her doctorate is in education--Eloil 17:14, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Although they have both made important contributions through their clinical and educational efforts, they are not sexologists. That is, they are not researchers who have uncovered or documented information about sex. If there is interest, perhaps a page on notable sex educators might be created?
—MarionTheLibrarian (talk) 15:10, 6 June 2008 (UTC)