Patterns of Sexual Behavior [SEP] publisher
locations for intercourse, orgasm experiences, types of foreplay, courting behaviors, frequencies of intercourse [and] methods of attracting a partner." They cover homosexuality in both humans and other animals, citing evidence of accepted homosexual behavior in 49 of the 76 cultures for which the relevant data were available. Ford and Beach conclude that there is a "basic mammalian capacity" for same-sex behavior.
Publication history.
"Patterns of Sexual Behavior" was originally published by Harper & Brothers, New York in 1951.
Ford returned to Yale in 1946 as associate professor of anthropology. As director of the Cross-Cultural Survey, he expanded the organization and renamed it the Human Relations Area Files. In 1951, along with Frank Beach, Ford published "Patterns of Sexual Behavior," which explored the sexual behavior of humans and animals. The work is considered a "classic" of its field. Ford died from cancer in New Haven, Connecticut, on November 4, 1972.
See also.
- "Patterns of Sexual Behavior