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Magnus Hirschfeld

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Sex Researcher

The Resume

    (May 14, 1868-May 14, 1935)
    Born in Kolberg, Germany (now Kolobrzeg, Poland)
    Physician and sexologist
    Founded the Institute for Sexual Research (1919)
    Organized the First Congress for Sexual Reform (1921)
    Wrote 'Transvestites: The Erotic Drive to Cross-Dress' (1910), 'Homosexuality of Men and Women' (1922), 'The Sexual History of the World War' (1930) and 'Sex in Human Relationships' (1935)
    Wrote and appeared in the film 'Andres als die Andern' ('Different from the Others,' 1919)

Why he might be annoying:

    His film was banned in Germany.
    He was a foot fetishist.
    He believed that homosexuals were inevitably effeminate.
    He wrote about rape, 'Genuine experts on the subject are all agreed that it is extraordinarily difficult, if not impossible, to deflorate a woman or make her pregnant by the employment of sheer physical force.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was called 'the Einstein of sex.'
    He coined the word 'transvestite.'
    He got 5,000 prominent Germans (including Einstein, Herman Hesse, Rainer Marie Rilke and Thomas Mann) to sign a petition to repeal the law making homosexuality a crime.
    He suffered a skull fracture after being attacked in the street by a gang of right-wing nationalists (1921).
    After the Nazis took power, they attacked the Institute for Sexual Research and burned its books (May 10, 1933).

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 18 Votes: 61.11% Annoying