Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS, or "quad-S") is, according its website, a professional membership organization, "dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about sexuality."[1] It reports to have more than 700 members, including anthropologists, biologists, educators, historians, nurses, physicians, psychologists, sociologists, theologians, therapists, and others.[2] It produces a quarterly, online newsletter, Sexual Science.[3] and the Journal of Sex Research, a scholarly journal published quarterly.[4]

History

SSSS was established by sex researchers including Albert Ellis, Harry Benjamin[5], and Ira Reiss[6]. It formed in 1957 as the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex.[7]

In 2019, a recipient of SSSS's Hugo G. Beigel Research Award, Kurt Bumby, was charged with child molestation.[8]

References
  1. http://sexscience.org
  2. http://sexscience.org/governance/about-ssss/
  3. http://sexscience.org/resources/newsletter/
  4. http://sexscience.org/journal-of-sex-research/
  5. https://kinseyinstitute.org/collections/archival/sex-educators-and-sex-organizations-collections.php#ssss
  6. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/171061/summary
  7. Bullough, Vern L. (1989). The Society for the Scientific Study of Sex: A brief history. Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.https://www.amazon.com/Society-Scientific-Study-Sex-history/dp/0962437301
  8. https://www.columbiatribune.com/news/20191213/sex-offender-expert-charged-with-molesting-children


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