Czech-Canadian physician and sexologist (1914–1996)
Kurt Freund
Freund circa 1966
Born
17 January 1914
Chrudim, Austrian Bohemia
Died
23 October 1996(1996-10-23) (aged 82)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship
Czechoslovakia, Canada
Alma mater
Charles University in Prague
Known for
Penile plethysmograph, courtship disorder
Scientific career
Fields
Sexologist
Institutions
Department of Psychiatry at Charles University in Prague, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
Kurt Freund (17 January 1914 – 23 October 1996) was a Czech-Canadian physician and sexologist best known for developing the penile plethysmograph (a measurement of sexual arousal in males), research studies in pedophilia, and for the "courtship disorder" hypothesis as a taxonomy of certain paraphilias (voyeurism, exhibitionism, toucherism, frotteurism, and what he called "preferential rape"). After unsuccessful attempts to change men's sexual orientation, he advocated against conversion therapy and in favor of the decriminalization of homosexuality.
KurtFreund (17 January 1914 – 23 October 1996) was a Czech-Canadian physician and sexologist best known for developing the penile plethysmograph (a measurement...
Courtship disorder is a theoretical construct in sexology developed by KurtFreund in which a certain set of paraphilias are seen as specific instances...
sexual motivation system (SMS), a "courtship disorder" according to KurtFreund or displacement paraphilia by John Money, or a missing segment of SMS...
toucherism (as groping with hands), but the DSM does not. Sexologist KurtFreund described frotteurism and toucherism as courtship disorders that occur...
Austrian-British physician Jules T. Freund (1890–1960), immunologist Karl Freund (1890–1969), cinematographer and film director KurtFreund (1914–1996), physician...
stimulation during surgery. The volumetric procedure was invented by KurtFreund and is considered to be particularly sensitive at low arousal levels...
classifications of subjects according to offense. In the 1960s, sexologist KurtFreund used the term to distinguish between age preferences of heterosexual...
Ontario, Canada (a suburb of Toronto). There, Blanchard met KurtFreund, who became his mentor. Freund was conducting research in chemical castration for sex...
protective of real children." In 1993, sexologists Ray Blanchard and KurtFreund published and discussed a series of case studies involving paraphilic...
erotic interest in physically mature males. The scales were developed by KurtFreund and Betty Steiner in 1982. They were later modified by Ray Blanchard...
transsexualism[non-primary source needed] built upon the work of his colleague KurtFreund,[non-primary source needed] which argues that trans women have one of...
sexual activity was decriminalized in 1962 after scientific research by KurtFreund led to the conclusion that homosexual orientation cannot be changed (see...
those of KurtFreund, pushed the GDR to fully decriminalize homosexuality in 1968, a year before West Germany. Klimmer corresponded with Freund in form...
decriminalized same-sex sexual intercourse after scientific research from KurtFreund led to the conclusion that homosexual orientation cannot be changed....
critiqued Nicolosi's claims of success, noting that earlier research by KurtFreund found that men's claims of sexual re-orientation were not supported by...
Swedish politician. Chet Blaylock, 71, American politician, heart attack. KurtFreund, 82, Czech-Canadian physician and sexologist, suicide. Bob Grim, 66,...
decriminalized in Czechoslovakia, following the scientific research of KurtFreund that included phallometry of gay men who appeared to have given up sexual...
Slovakia was part of Czechoslovakia, after scientific research from KurtFreund led to changes in public opinion (see history of penile plethysmographs)...
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