Hani Miletski (born 1962) is a

sexologist Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behaviors, and functions. The term ''sexology'' does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sexuality, such as social criticism. Sexologists app ...

, and

sex therapist Sex therapy is a strategy for the improvement of sexual function and treatment of sexual dysfunction. This includes sexual dysfunctions such as premature ejaculation or delayed ejaculation, erectile dysfunction, lack of sexual interest or arousal, ...

living in

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, United States. She specializes as a trainer and supervisor in the field, in

sex addiction According to proponents of the concept, sexual addiction, also known as sex addiction, is a state characterized by compulsive participation or engagement in sexual activity, particularly sexual intercourse, despite negative consequences. The con ...

, and also works within the

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system. She studied at

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and has a doctorate from the unaccredited

Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality The Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality (IASHS) was a private, non-accredited, for-profit graduate school and resource center for the field of sexology in San Francisco, California. It was established in 1976 and closed in 2018. D ...

Early life

Miletski was born in Israel, and according to her website, moved to the United States as part of the Israeli embassy staff as Assistant Senior Representative of the Defense Mission to the U.S. for

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(SDI) Programs. She worked within the Fogel Foundation from 1994 until 2003 before leaving to focus on her own private practice.

Published academic work

Miletski published the first brief overview of mother-son

incest Incest ( ) is human sexual activity between family members or close relatives. This typically includes sexual activity between people in consanguinity (blood relations), and sometimes those related by affinity (marriage or stepfamily), adoption ...

research. She claims that mother-son incest is more common than is thought and that most mothers who commit incest are sane. Miletski is notable for her self-published 1999 book on

zoophilia Zoophilia is a paraphilia involving a sexual fixation on non-human animals. Bestiality is cross-species sexual activity between humans and non-human animals. The terms are often used interchangeably, but some researchers make a distinction b ...

. Miletski's study has never been published in any peer-reviewed journal. She once published a two-page abstract of her findings in the ''Scandinavian Journal of Sexology''.Miletski, H. (2000) ''Bestiality and Zoophilia: An Exploratory Study.'' ''Scandinavian Journal of Sexology''. Vol. 3 (4), pp 149–150: – Miletski's book "Understanding bestiality and zoophilia" (2002) was an expansion of her initial dissertation "Bestiality and Zoophilia: An exploratory study" (1999). An abstract of the latter was published in the Scandinavian Journal of Sexology (now discontinued), the official journal of the Nordic Association for Clinical Sexology (NACS). Peer review evidence according to Kinsey Institute of Sexolog

"...an international, peer-reviewed, quarterly journal in English..." The paper was cited by a UK government report into

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in 2007, ''Ministry of Justice Research Series 11/07''

Books

* ''Understanding Bestiality and Zoophilia'' (pub. 2002)
book review
* ''Mother-Son Incest: The Unthinkable Broken Taboo'' (a brief overview of findings, pub. 1999)

Articles

* ''Zoophilia: Another Sexual Orientation?'' ''Archives of sexual behavior.'' 46.2017,1 Pages 39-42 Published online: 10 November 2016, doi:10.1007/s10508-016-0891-3 * ''A history of bestiality'' In: ''Bestiality And Zoophilia: Sexual Relations With Animals (Anthrozoos)'' Pages. 1-22 (2005) * ''Is zoophilia a sexual orientation? A study'' In: ''Bestiality And Zoophilia: Sexual Relations With Animals (Anthrozoos)'' Pages. 82-97 (2005) * ''Zoophilia-Implications for Therapy'' ''Journal of Sex Education and Therapy'' 26.2001,2 Pages 85-89 doi:10.1080/01614576.2001.11074387

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