Gunter Schmidt (born 22 November 1938) is a

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sexologist Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists app ...

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and

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. He was born in

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. Schmidt was the director of the centre for sexual research in the clinic of the

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( Eppendorf). He started many projects for research over sexuality and biographies. He was a director of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sexualforschung (DGfS) and president of International Academy of Sex Research (IASR). He is the director of a research project ''Pregnancy and Abortion by Young Women'' and a member of the board of directors for the organisation pro familia, an

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for sexual and reproductive health and rights in Germany. Together with Martin Dannecker and

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, he is editor of ''Beiträge zur Sexualforschung'' (87 editions which is published by ''Psychosozial-Verlag''. Schmidt is also co-editor of the magazine ''Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung'' in the ''Georg Thieme Verlag''. Schmidt has written extensively on the sociological status of

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in modern society.

Books

* ''Studenten-Sexualität'' (with Hans Giese), 1968 * ''Arbeiter-Sexualität'' (with Volkmar Sigusch), 1971 * ''Jugendsexualität'' (with Volkmar Sigusch), 1973 * ''Das große Der Die Das'', 1986. * ''Das Verschwinden der Sexualmoral'', 1996. * ''Sexuelle Verhältnisse'', Gießen, Psychosozial-Verlag, 1998. * ''Die Kinder der sexuellen Revolution'' (editor),

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, Psychosozial-Verlag, 2000. * ''Sexualität und Spätmoderne'' (editor), Gießen, Psychosozial-Verlag, 2002. * ''Das neue Der Die Das'', Gießen, Psychosozial-Verlag, 2004. * ''Spätmoderne Beziehungswelten'', (with Silja Matthiesen, Arne Dekker, Kurt Starke), 2006.

References

External links

Literature by Gunter Schmidt
in German National Library
Beziehungsbiographien

Jugendschwangerschaften
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