| Lars Ullerstam | |
|---|---|
| Born | Lars Gustaf Adolf Ullerstam (1935-04-22) April 22, 1935 (age 89) |
| Occupation(s) | Psychiatrist, sexologist, researcher, author |
Lars Gustaf Adolf Ullerstam, born April 22, 1935, in Vanersborg, Sweden, is a psychiatrist, sexologist, and author best known for his 1964 book, De erotiska minoritertena (released in the United States in 1966 under the title, The Erotic Minorities.) In Sweden, Ullerstam was one of the most influential figures arguing for sexual liberation of the 1960s. The book, as of 2015, had been translated into 8 languages.
The Erotic Minorities
The Erotic Minorities argued against the concept of perversion as a category. While he defended homosexuality, most of the content of his book centered around other sexual practices and desires, such as pedophilia, zoophilia, prostitution, necrophilia, and BDSM. Ullerstam argued for state-backed brothels as mental health care, claiming that framing prostitution in this way would create "sexual Samaritans" who would staff the brothels. He accepted the criminalization of pedophilia, but did not believe that it was possible for pedophiles to repress their desires and believed that it was only conditioning that made pedophilia wrong. Ullerstam also argued against the restriction of pornography.
References
- ^ "Lars Ullerstam (88 år) Västra Frölunda". Ratsit (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Ellis, Albert (1966). "Review of The Erotic Minorities". Journal of Marriage and Family. 28 (3): 378. doi:10.2307/349894. ISSN 0022-2445. JSTOR 349894.
- Haraldsdotter, Ylva. "Sju perspektiv på våldäkt (Seven perspectives on rape (en))". www.nck.uu.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- Kulick, Don; Rydström, Jens (2015). Loneliness and its opposite: sex, disability, and the ethics of engagement. Durham London: Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-5821-3.
- Elliott, Neil (1970). Sensuality in Scandinavia. New York: Weybright and Talley.
- Fleisher, Frederic (1967). The New Sweden: The Challenge of a Disciplined Democracy. David McKay Co. ISBN 9780679501428.
- ^ Svanberg, Mikael (2023-01-09). "The Legalisation of Child Pornography in Sweden and What Followed (1969-1999)". doi:10.31235/osf.io/jfs67. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
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