William Masters And Virginia Johnson
William Howell Masters ( December 27 1915 - 16 February 2001 ) and Virginia Eshelman Johnson (born 11 February 1925 ) are sexologists U.S.. They were pioneers of sexology and human laboratory studied hundreds of couples and individuals engaged in sexual activity ( masturbation and sex ).
Studies of human sexual response
Masters and Johnson were analyzed in detail the sexual response both feminine and masculine, they described the four phases constituting the "sexual cycle":
- Phase excitation
- Phase plate
- Orgasm
- Resolution
Biography
William Masters was a gynecologist. Before his work on sexuality, it was shown in gynecology "academic", describing in particular the Masters and Allen syndrome , with a colleague. He began his research in sexology in 1957. He is then joined by psychologist Virginia Johnson.
After a phase of clinical research, Masters and Johnson opened a clinic to treat sexual problems of couples, and are the first to offer sex therapy. Their therapeutic principles are of a cognitive - behavioral. They recommend that therapists are two, a man and a woman, to treat couples who consult. One of the highlights of their principles of sex therapy is the sensate focus: rediscover the pleasure of touch sensual in the couple, first a non-sexual.
Reference
- Human Sexual Response. Virginia E. JOHNSON & William H. MASTERS. Edition Little, Brown and Co., 1966.
Loading ...