Rolf Gindorf (14 May 1939 – 26 March 2016) was a German
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 ...
. He was a member of
Mensa.
In 1971 he founded the
German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research The German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research (German: ''Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sozialwissenschaftliche Sexualforschung'', DGSS) is a sexuality research and counselling organization (cf. sexology) based in Düsseldorf, Germany. I ...
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He received the 2004
Magnus Hirschfeld Medal The Magnus Hirschfeld Medal is awarded by the German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research (DGSS) for outstanding service to sexual science, granted in the categories "Sexual Research" and "Sexual Reform". It is named in honour of Germa ...
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Publications
Gindorf's published works include:
* ''Sexology Today. A Brief Introduction''. Düsseldorf 1993, 141 pp. (with E. J. Haeberle)
* ''Bisexualities. The Ideology and Practice of Sexual Contact with Both Men and Women''. New York 1998, 270 pp. (with E. J. Haeberle)
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References
External links
Rolf Gindorf English web site
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1939 births
2016 deaths
German gay writers
German sexologists
Mensans
Relationships and sexuality writers
Sex educators