Studies in the psychology of sex. [Vol.4], Sexual selection in man : I. Touch, II. Smell, III. Hearing, IV. Vision / by Havelock Ellis.

  • Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939.
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[1905], ©1905
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    terest in Music at Puberty. Men Comparatively Insuscepti- ble to the Specifically Sexual Influence of Music. Rarity of Sexual Perversions on the Basis of the Sense of Hearing. The Part of Music in Primitive Human Courtship. Women Notably Susceptible to the Specifically Sexual Influence of Music and the Voice II. Summary. Why the Influence of Music in Human Sexual Selection is Comparatively Small 134 i Vision. I. Primacy of Vision in Man. Beauty as a Sexual Allurement. The Objective Element in Beauty. Ideals of Feminine Beauty in Various Parts of the World. Savage Women sometimes Beauti- ful from European Point of View. Savages often Admire Eu- ropean Beauty. The Appeal of Beauty to some Extent Com- mon even to Animals and Man 136 II. Beauty to Some Extent Consists Primitively in an Exaggeration of the Sexual Characters. The Sexual Organs. Mutilations, Adornments, and Garments. Sexual Allurement the Original Object of Such Devices. The Religious Element. Unsesthctic Character of the Sexual Organs. Importance of the Secondary Sexual Characters. The Pelvis and Hips. Steatopygia. Obes- ity. Gait. The Pregnant Woman as a Mediaeval Type of Beauty. The Ideals of the Renaissance. The Breasts. The Corset. Its Object. Its History. Hair. The Beard. The Ele- ment of National or Racial Type in Beauty. The Relative Beauty of Blondes and Brunettes. The General European Ad- miration for Blondes. The Individual Factors in the Consti- tution of the Idea of Beauty. The Love of the Exotic 156 III. Beauty not the Sole Element in the Sexual Appeal of Vision. Move- ment. The Mirror. Narcissism. Pygmalionism. Mixoscopy. The Indifference of Women to Male Beauty. The Significance of Woman's Admiration of Strength. The Spectacle of Strength is a Tactile Quality made Visible 186