Kurt Freund Scientist

Kurt Freund (17 January 1914 – 23 October 1996) was a Czech-Canadian physician and sexologist best known for developing phallometry (the objective measurement of sexual arousal in males), research studies in pedophilia, and for the "courtship disorder" hypothesis as a taxonomy of certain paraphilias (voyeurism, exhibitionism, toucherism, frotteurism, and what he called "preferential rape").

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 17, 1914
Birth place
Bohemia , Chrudim
Nationality
Czechoslovakia
Date of deathOctober 23, 1996
Place of death
Toronto , Canada
Residence
Canada
Education
Charles University in Prague
Known for
Penile plethysmograph

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Scientist

Field of study
Sexology

Kurt Freund on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/atsa/issues/2006-09-15/2.html
  2. http://www.pcp.lf3.cuni.cz/pcpeng