The Resume

(August 14, 1840-December 2, 1902)
Born in Mannheim, Baden, Germany
Best known for 'Psychopathia Sexualis' (1886), a collection of case studies of sexual deviants

Why he might be annoying:

For years 'Psychopathia Sexualis' was regarded as a dirty book rather than a serious work.
He considered most forms of non-reproductive sex abnormal.
He angered Catholics by claiming some of the martyred saints were probably masochistic.
He thought sexual desire in elderly people caused senility.
Many of his findings came from case studies of sexual offenders.

Why he might not be annoying:

He studied sexuality from a scientific rather than moralistic perspective.
He initially considered homosexuality a perversion but changed his mind.
He invented the terms ‘sadism’ and ‘masochism.’
He helped found forensic science.
Notwithstanding his controversial theories, he was a very respectable family man.

Credit: Georgina

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Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 51.72% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 65 Votes: 40.0% Annoying