'': '' (''Sexual Psychopathy: A Clinical-Forensic Study'', also known as '', with Especial Reference to the Antipathetic Sexual Instinct: A Medico-forensic Study'') is an 1886 book by and one of the first texts about sexual pathology. The book details a wide range of

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s and focuses on male

homosexuality Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexu ...

bisexuality Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior toward both males and females. It may also be defined as the attraction to more than one gender, to people of both the same and different gender, ...

(the "antipathetic instinct" of the subtitle). The book coined the terms "

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" as well as borrowing the term "bisexual" from

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. Masochism, which focuses on at length, is, for example, defined as a particular erotic sensibility, in which the individual is, "in his sexual feelings and thoughts, dominated by the idea of being absolutely and unconditionally subjected to a person of the other sex". The is notable for being one of the earliest works on homosexuality. Krafft-Ebing combined

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (28 August 1825 – 14 July 1895) was a German lawyer, jurist, journalist, and writer. He is today regarded as a pioneer of sexology and the modern LGBT rights movement, gay rights movement. Ulrichs has been described as ...

' '' Urning'' theory with Bénédict Morel's theory of

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and proposed the theory that most homosexuals have a

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caused by degenerate heredity. The book had a considerable influence on continental European

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in the first part of the 20th century. It is regarded as an important text in the history of

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. In 2006, an

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based on the book was made in

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; the film was titled ''Psychopathia Sexualis''.

Editions

*The first edition was published in 1886 *

Charles Gilbert Chaddock Charles Gilbert Chaddock (November 14, 1861 – July 20, 1936) was an American neurologist, psychiatrist, and translator. He is remembered for describing the Chaddock reflex and is credited with introducing the terms '' bisexuality'', '' hete ...

published an English translation in 1892 *At least 12 editions of the book were published in German prior to Kraft-Ebing's death in 1902 *In 1965, an English translation derived from the 12th German edition was written by Franklin S. Kaf, with an introduction by Kaf and a foreword by Joseph LoPiccolo

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