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The Context and Consequences of Contemporary Sex Research: A Feminist Perspective

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Sex and Behavior

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Practicing scientists rarely take the opportunity to reflect on the philosophies—scientific, political, and personal—which guide our work. Moreover, sophistication in such analysis is neither part of our training nor is it an expected or rewarded part of our professional competence.

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  1. Leonore Tiefer

    Present address: Department of Psychiatry, Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA

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    Thomas E. McGill

  2. University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

    Donald A. Dewsbury

  3. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA

    Benjamin D. Sachs

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Tiefer, L. (1978). The Context and Consequences of Contemporary Sex Research: A Feminist Perspective. In: McGill, T.E., Dewsbury, D.A., Sachs, B.D. (eds) Sex and Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0421-8_15

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