Unspeakable Monsters: In All Our Lives

by John Money

This fascinating work is a summing up of Dr. John Money's clinical experience and research on the frontiers of human sexuality. Written in response to the current lack of
a fully recognized science of sexology and full-service sexology clinics, Money gives
professionals and lay persons alike the techniques for recognizing the "unspeakable monsters" of sexual disease that lurk behind many physical and mental problems. Money contends that sexually related diseases like AIDS and sex crimes such as child abuse, rape, and serial murder will continue to wreak havoc in society until we learn to deal scientifically with the sometimes disturbing realities of sexuality.


Using case studies and well-known examples, the author proposes five universal human needs and three categories of coping strategies where major sexual problems find pathological camouflage to elude detection and treatment, often until it's too late.


John Money is a giant in the field of sex research, whose numerous contributions are considered by many to surpass the work of Kinsey and Masters and Johnson.

Genres: Psychology

Paperback

First published July 1, 1999

Reviews

[Pardis TD · Rating 5 out of 5]

He's been surpassed now in some ways as hybristophilia is now considered a psychopathic or at the very least, an antisocial trait. It's still interesting because recognizing those who admire criminal psychopaths (knowingly), and are themselves psychopaths, can help us keep a distance from them. Normal people generally avoid criminals, or try to find them accountable for what they do, but criminal psychopaths are hybristophiliacs, meaning they will protect and side with them. This can cause our species and others many problems. Also, the people who support criminals are dangerous criminals themselves, which is the controversy from his studies, I'd say its works are preliminary rather than controversial as it is important to consider that hybristophiliacs being psychopaths are dishonest / compulsive liars, thus they may have tricked him into believing their version of events. Not every psychologist is immune to the tricks psychopaths use, as not every psychologist has learnt the checklist by heart.