Virginia E. Johnson
Virginia E. Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Mary Virginia Eshelman February 11, 1925 Sexologist |
| Known for | Masters and Johnson human sexuality research team |
| Spouse(s) | Two brief early marriages, followed by George Johnson
(m. 1950; div. 1956) |
| Children | 2 |
Virginia E. Johnson (born Mary Virginia Eshelman; February 11, 1925 – July 24, 2013) was an American sexologist and a member of the Masters and Johnson sexuality research team.[1] Along with her partner, William H. Masters, she pioneered research into the nature of human sexual response and the diagnosis and treatment of sexual dysfunctions and disorders from 1957 until the 1990s.
Early life
Virginia Johnson was born Mary Virginia Eshelman in
Johnson moved to
Sexological works
Johnson met
In April 2009, Thomas Maier reported in Scientific American that Johnson had serious reservations about the Masters and Johnson Institute's program to convert homosexuals into heterosexuals,[8] a program which ran from 1968 to 1977.[9][10]
Personal life
By her early 20s,[3] Johnson had married a Missouri politician; the marriage lasted two days.[2] She then married a much older attorney, whom she also divorced.[2] In 1950, Johnson married bandleader George Johnson, with whom she had a boy and a girl, before divorcing in 1956.[2][3] In 1971, Johnson married William Masters after he divorced his first wife. They were divorced in 1993, though they continued to collaborate professionally.[3] Johnson died in July 2013 "of complications from several illnesses".[11][12]
In popular culture
The American cable network Showtime debuted Masters of Sex, a dramatic television series loosely based on the 2009 biography of the same name, on September 29, 2013. The series stars Lizzy Caplan as Johnson.
References
- ^ Masters, William H.; Johnson, Virginia E. (1970-04-27). "Craftsmen of Sexuality". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d e Fox, Margalit (July 25, 2013). "Virginia Johnson, Widely Published Collaborator in Sex Research, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Hayman, Suzie (July 28, 2013). "Virginia Johnson Obituary". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved October 11, 2013.
- ^ ISBN 978-1458767516.
- ^ a b "Virginia Johnson". Missouri Women. 14 February 2012.
- ^ "Masters and Johnson". Discovery Health. Sinclair Intimacy Institute. 2010-08-26.
- ^ "Four Stages of the Sexual Response Cycle". Boundless. Archived from the original on 2013-06-28. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ Maier, Thomas (April 22, 2009). "Can Psychiatrists Really 'Cure' Homosexuality? – Masters and Johnson Claimed to Convert Gays to Heterosexuality in a 1979 Book. But Did They?". Scientific American. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
- ISBN 978-0-553-20809-2.)
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- ^ "Virginia Johnson, renowned sex researcher, dies". Archived from the original on 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2013-07-25.. Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
- ^ Sorkin, Michael D. (July 25, 2013). "Virginia Johnson Masters Dies at 88; Famed Researcher Helped Debunk Sexual Myths". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
External links
- Nemy, Enid (March 24, 1994). "An Afternoon with: Masters and Johnson; Divorced, Yes, But Not Split". The New York Times.
