The Folklore of Sex

by Albert Ellis

The noted psychologist/sexologist explores extramarital sexual relations, prostitution, promiscuity, venereal diseases, noncoital forms of sex, pregnancy & related issues, nudity, scatology, sex organs, sex crimes & "perversions,'' romance, sex rites & rituals, sex education, censorship & pornography, & much more via an analysis of the popular American media on such topics published January 1, 1951. In 313 pages with Bibliography & Index. A (stated) FIRST EDITION, First Printing with appropriate dates, this is a hardcover with plain red boards & black/gilt title box to spine. NO DJ.

Genres: Nonfiction

About the author

Albert Ellis was an American psychologist who in 1955 developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT). He held M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology from Columbia University and American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP). He also founded and was the President of the New York City-based Albert Ellis Institute for decades.
He is generally considered to be one of the originators of the cognitive revolutionary paradigm shift in psychotherapy and the founder of cognitive-behavioral therapies. Based on a 1982 professional survey of USA and Canadian psychologists, he was considered as the second most influential psychotherapist in history (Carl Rogers ranked first in the survey; Sigmund Freud was ranked third).

Reviews

[Daphne · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this, but i have fundamental issues with the dude's methodology. All mentions surrounding the attitudes and behaviours about sex (what constitutes as that?) in mass media (what mass media, and when you leave titles out, why so, and how do you account for their absence?), taken on one day in the entire year (why that year? that day? why only one day?) Also, the entire thing reads like a wet sack of potatoes that's been forgotten in a corner – a book about sex reading like a sack of wet potatoes forgotten in a corner is not very nice indeed.