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

Index of Subjects

  • Africa,
  • modesty in, 15 et seq., 48, 59, 78.
  • sexual periodicity in, 128.
  • 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,
  • and ceremonial ritual, 54.
  • as a sedative, 269.
  • in relation to masturbation, 257.
  • in relation to menstruation, 98 et seq.
  • in relation to modesty, 40.
  • often painful in hysteria, 203.
  • 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,
  • erotic, 200.
  • 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,
  • alleged seasonal prevalence of, 148.
  • and chlorosis, 233.
  • and masturbation, 256.
  • Breuer and Freud on, 219 et seq.
  • Charcot and, 214 et seq.
  • coitus often painful in, 203.
  • in relation to sexual emotion, 205 et seq.
  • nocturnal hallucinations of, 200.
  • physiological, 227 et seq.
  • the theory of, 209 et seq.
  • 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.
  • periodicity of, 88, 110, 112, 149.
  • 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,
  • sexual, 238, 244.
  • 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,
  • periodicity of, 115, 153.
  • Taboo and menstruation, 287.
  • and modesty, 55.
  • Tahiti, 10.
  • Tammuz festival, 135.
  • Theologians,
  • opinions of, 184, 188, 278, 279.
  • 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.