Sex for science. Science for sex

Until the middle of the 20th century, sexual psychology and physiology practically did not study, as if sex was a shameful secret, and not an ordinary biological phenomenon. The state of this science and the behavior of scientists determined fear - they were afraid of public opinion, religious intolerance, political pressure, fanaticism and prejudices. Now that the value of this sphere is fully assessed by society, it is difficult to even imagine what the pioneers of laboratory sex had to face. However, even today, few people think that experts study sex, like any other aspect of human physiology. Virtuo -combining scientific enthusiasm, journalistic liberation, saving humor and unchanging taste, Mary Roach tells how and why this science developed