160:, illustrated with a series of erotic paintings. "What poor, sick, twisted guilt-ridden, neurotic mind first conjured up a sexless Garden of Eden?" the article begins. The Kronhausens then argue that the Bible has been misunderstood, and that the story of Adam and Eve is not about the discovery of sin, but about the loss of innocent enjoyment of sex - "and with it the appearance of false shame where none is called for, and needless guilt where no evil has been committed." The paintings that illustrate the article were said by the Kronhausens to be by an anonymous artist and dated to 1850-1900, but could well be 1970s imitations of 19th century art, and are not necessarily about the Garden of Eden.
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146:(1979). The latter was not really a manual but rather a book of nearly 2,000 black and white photographs without text, featuring a real French husband & wife couple having sex in a variety of positions, in every room of their home including the hallway and stairs. (The photography was by Robin Schwartz, a woman who was a friend of the couple.)
50:, which allowed her to take courses also at other New York universities. Eberhard followed suit two years later, and both graduated with Doctor of Education degrees in that program (Phyllis graduating in 1956 and Eberhard in 1958). They also studied psychoanalysis at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, founded by Dr.
30:, mainly active in the 1960s and 1970s. They wrote a number of books on sexuality and eroticism, and they also amassed a collection of erotic art, which traveled around Europe in 1968 as the "First International Exhibition of Erotic Art" and then found a home in San Francisco as the Museum of Erotic Art (1970-1973).
83:, a book based on Phyllis Kronhausen's experience as a lecturer in "health education" at a men's college in the Northeastern U.S. (which is not named). One of Kronhausen's course requirements had been for her students to complete a "personal history" in which they described sexual memories and experiences.
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In the 1980s and 90s they became involved in nutrition, creating a diet called "Formula for Life" which they publicised through a book of that title (1989). They advocated abstinence from red meat and therapeutic megadoses of
Vitamin C. They also advocated for nutritional supplements such as
436:, probably around 1960. "On these programs, for the first time in America, some Oriental and Western erotic art was shown on that mass medium—to be sure, with some of the most 'risqué' portions of the pictures blocked out by strips of paper.” (Eberhard and Phyllis Kronhausen, Introduction,
73:. In 1960 Phyllis Kronhausen testified in a California obscenity case, involving a series of soft core erotic writings. According to the Kronhausens, "her testimony resulted in an acquittal of the defense, saving the author and publisher of these truly harmless books many years in jail."
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International Exhibition of Erotic Art" at a public museum in Lund, Sweden in 1968 – overcoming a lot of institutional resistance. They even succeeded in having the public poster for the show feature a graphic representation of sexual intercourse.
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It so happened that from 1960 on we came to spend more and more time in Europe, first on psychological consultation and later because we felt that we had both been spending too much time in the same cultural environment and needed a change for our own personal development.
238:"What modern women seem to want is not just more sex, but better sex. Together with increased aggressiveness in mature women, there appears to be a trend toward demanding, and if necessary, seeking, better sexual performance from male partners".
459:(1970). The film is described as “a combined fiction and documentary, the goal of the movie is to help legalize porn. When the movie was made however it was still illegal to produce and publish porn in Denmark.” (vintage-erotica-forum.com)
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We had occasion, in fact, to watch the transformation of pornography into art before our own eyes when Hans
Bellmer one day worked in our presence, making a complicated and highly erotic engraving from a series of common pornographic
241:"One should not... be surprised to hear that failure to achieve sexual happiness is likely to have an adverse effect on the woman’s total relationship with her partner and may lead to the breakdown of their relationship".
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Kronhausen was born on September 12, 1915. He was brought up in Europe and “had firsthand experience of Nazi Germany”. Phyllis was born on January 26, 1929 in Minnesota. The Kronhausens met in 1954 at the
392:(Germany, 1970) “A film about the irrationality of common sexual prejudices and traditional sex laws, Freedom to Love advances the point of view that sexual freedom is not inimical to the interests of society.” (
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Kronhausens sold their erotic art collection at an auction in New York City. The collection fetched a fairly low price. "In general bidding wasn't feverish," reported
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Sex
Histories of American College Men : A Study in Detail of the Sex Life of American College Men Showing the Cultural and Psychological Influences On Sexual Development
378:(1962). An experimental short film shot in 16 mm., consisting of rapid cuts between black and white clips of war, industry, animal mating, and human sexuality. Screened at
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In Europe we collected more erotic art, our most notable discoveries from the beginning of that period being the Dutch painter Melle in
Amsterdam, the German painter
95:, the Kronhausens began to acquire a collection of erotic art. This brought them to Europe, where they were active during the 1960s. As they reminisced in 1978:
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in 1968 and 1969, featuring illustrations of erotic art from different periods of time and different cultures. This would lead to other picture books such as
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to provide for analytic training of non-medical students. Upon graduation they moved to San Diego, where they were both licensed to practice psychotherapy.
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William Morrow and Company, 1989. (Revised edition, 1999)
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