At the Dawn of the Sexual Revolution

History of the American sexual revolution as depicted through the correspondence between Ira Reiss and Albert Ellis, two leading social scientists and pioneers of the revolution.

Ira L. Reiss is professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Minnesota Albert Ellis is a founder of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex and served as its first president. He is also the founder of the Institute for Rational Emotive Therapy in New York City

Preface

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Ira L. Reiss

Preface

xi

Albert Ellis

Abstinence Is Dethroned But What about Casual Sex? Letter from July 7, 1956 to April 2, 1957

1

(50)

Enter Ethics, Religion, and Publications: Letters from April 5, 1957 to September 7, 1957

51

(26)

Therapeutic Ideas and the Launching of a Sexual Science Organization: Letters from November 10, 1957 to November 3, 1959

77

(46)

New Books and New Institutes Blossom Forth: Letters from February 22, 1960 to October 4, 1967

123

(40)

Overall Changes in My Views

163

(4)

Albert Ellis

Taking Stock of My Past and Present Views

167

(8)

Ira L. Reiss

Appendix A: How I Became Interested in Sexology and Sex Therapy

175

(12)

Albert Ellis

Appendix B: My Path to Sexual Science

187

Ira L. Reiss

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At the Dawn of the Sexual Revolution Reflections on a Dialogue

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