Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2021-04-27

Books mentioned on Part One: The (Male) Doctor Who Redesigned Vaginas

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Robert is joined by Courtney Kocak to discuss Dr. James Burt.

Robert Evans discussed Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred Charles Kinsey and others, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, by the Staff of the Institute for Sex Research, Indiana University : Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, Clyde E. Martin, Paul H. Gebhard,... by Alfred Charles Kinsey, The Love Surgeon by Sarah B. Rodriguez, Human sexual response by William H. Masters, and Surgery of Love by James C [VNV] Burt and others, and criticized How to Get More Out of Sex by David Reuben.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male

    Alfred Charles Kinsey; Wardell Baxter Pomeroy; Clyde E. Martin · at 16:52

    Sexual Behavior in the Human Male is a landmark 1948 study on human sexuality by Alfred Kinsey, Wardell Baxter Pomeroy, and Clyde E.

    Discussed
    “In 1948, soon after beginning the Institute for Sex Research, Kinsey published one of the most influential pieces of literature in American sex history, Sexual Behavior of the Human Male.”
    Where to get it
  2. Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, by the Staff of the Institute for Sex Research, Indiana University : Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, Clyde E. Martin, Paul H. Gebhard,...

    Alfred Charles Kinsey · at 17:02

    Discussed
    “5 years later, in 1953, he published Sexual Behavior of the Human Female. The books contained controversial information for the time as they detailed topics such as homosexuality, premarital sex, and even beastiality.”
    Where to get it
  3. The Love Surgeon

    Sarah B. Rodriguez · at 32:35 · mentioned 4 times

    The Love Surgeon by Sarah B.

    Discussed
    “James Bert began to develop his own theories about human vaginas and sexual responsiveness from a book titled The Love Surgeon by Sarah Rodriguez.”
    Where to get it
  4. Human sexual response

    William H. Masters · at 34:53

    Human sexual response by William H.

    Discussed
    “That same year, Masters and Johnson published a book, Human Sexual Response, which dedicated an entire chapter to the clitoris, which they labeled quote a unique organ in the total of human anatomy because its only purpose was sexual.”
    Where to get it
  5. How to Get More Out of Sex

    David Reuben · at 59:36

    Critiqued
    “In 1974, in his best-selling book, How to Get More Out of Sex, psychiatrist David Rubin urged mothers to get vaginal tightening surgery, calling it a simple procedure that could make a woman of 40 almost the same sexually as a girl of 18.”
    Where to get it
  6. Surgery of Love

    James C [VNV] Burt; Joan [VNV] Burt · at 1:04:29

    Surgery of Love by James C.

    Discussed
    “So, in 1975, he and his wife Joan co-authored a book. Yeah. They wrote a book. They wrote a book. Joan was fully drinking the Kool-Aid, but she didn't know any better cuz she was [ __ ] 25 years younger. Yeah. It's It's not great. Um, the book was titled I apologize for this, too. Surgery of Love.”
    Where to get it