Sexology | Study of human sexuality , including human sexual interests, behavior and function | Sexology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of human sexuality | Study of sexual dysfunctions , disorders, and variations,

Sexology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of human sexuality , including human sexual interests, behavior, and function. The term does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sex, such as political analysis or social criticism. In modern sexology, researchers apply tools from several academic fields, includingbiology , medicine , psychology , statistics , epidemiology , sociology , anthropology , and criminology . Sexologists study sexual development (puberty), sexual orientation , the development of sexual relationships , as well as themechanics of sexual intercourse . It also documents the sexualities of special groups, such as the disabled, child development, adolescents, and the elderly . Sexologists additionally study sexual dysfunctions , disorders, and variations, including such widely varying topics as erectile dysfunction , anorgasmia , and pedophilia . Sexological findings, in spite of being scientifically based, can still become controversial when they contradict "mainstream", religious , or political beliefs in a given society. This is a list of sexologists and notable contributors to the field of sexology, by year of birth: @. Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal (1833–1890) @. Richard Freiherrvon Krafft-Ebing (1840–1902) @. Albert Eulenburg (1840–1917) @.Auguste Henri Forel (1848–1931)@. Sigmund Freud (1856–1939) @. Wilhelm Fliess (1858–1928) @. Havelock Ellis (1858–1939) @. Eugen Steinach (1861–1944) *. Robert Latou Dickinson (1861–1950) *. Albert Moll (1862–1939) *. Edvard Westermarck (1862–1939) *. Eugene Wilhelm (aka Numa Praetorius) (1866–1951) *. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935)*. Iwan Bloch (1872–1922) *. Theodor Hendrik van de Velde (1873–1937) *. Max Marcuse (1877–1963) *. Otto Gross (1877–1920) *. Ernst Gräfenberg (1881–1957) *. Bronisław Malinowski (1884–1942) *. HarryBenjamin (1885–1986) *. Theodor Reik (1888–1969) *. Alfred Kinsey (1894–1956) *. Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957) *. Mary Calderone (1904–1998) *. Wardell Pomeroy (1913–2001) *. Albert Ellis (1913–2007) *. Kurt Freund (1914–1996) *. Ernest Borneman (1915–1995) *. William Masters (1915–2001) *. Gershon Legman (1917–1999) *. Harold I. Lief (1917–2007) *. PaulH. Gebhard (1917– ) *. John Money (1921–2006) *. Ira Reiss (1925-) *. Virginia Johnson (1925– ) *. Preben Hertoft (1928– ) *. Oswalt Kolle (1928– )*. Vern Bullough (1928–2006) *. William Simon (1930–2000) *. John Gagnon (1931– ) *. Edward Eichel (1932– ) *. Fritz Klein (1932–2006) *. Milton Diamond (1934– ) *. Erwin J. Haeberle (1936– ) *. Gunter Schmidt (1938– ) *. Rolf Gindorf (1939– )*. Volkmar Sigusch (1940– ) *. Dorree Lynn (1941– ) *. Martin Dannecker (1942– ) *. Shere Hite (1943– ) *. Ray Blanchard (1945–) *. Gilbert Herdt (1949– ) *. Kenneth Zucker (1950– ) *. Carol Queen (1957 - ) *. Beverly Whipple @ James Cantor (1966– )