Liu Dalin
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Liu Dalin, also sometimes Dalin Liu or Ta-lin Liu, is a retired professor of sociology
at Shanghai University
who pioneered the field of sexology
in China
.
From 1989-1990, he helped conduct a nation-wide survey on sexual behavior and attitudes in China, not unlike the Kinsey Report in the United States
. A report on the survey's outcomes was first published in 1992 in Shanghai
; in 1997 Liu published the English edition Sexual Behavior in Modern China (ISBN 0-8264-0886-9). Also in 1997, he opened China's first sex museum
in Shanghai; it has since moved to Tongli
.
Liu won the Magnus Hirschfeld Medal
for his research in sexology in 1994.
Liu published several books on the history of erotica in China:
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
at Shanghai University
Shanghai University
Shanghai University is a public, comprehensive university located in Shanghai, China. The university has the longest serving President; Chien Wei-zang since 1982 until he died in 2010. He was a well known scientist in China...
who pioneered the field of sexology
Sexology
Sexology is the scientific study of human sexuality, including human sexual interests, behavior, and function. The term does not generally refer to the non-scientific study of sex, such as political analysis or social criticism....
in China
China
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From 1989-1990, he helped conduct a nation-wide survey on sexual behavior and attitudes in China, not unlike the Kinsey Report in the United States
United States
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. A report on the survey's outcomes was first published in 1992 in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
; in 1997 Liu published the English edition Sexual Behavior in Modern China (ISBN 0-8264-0886-9). Also in 1997, he opened China's first sex museum
Sex museum
A sex museum is a museum that displays erotic art, historical sexual aids, and documents on the history of erotica. They were popular in Europe at the end of the 1960s and during the 1970s, the era of the sexual revolution....
in Shanghai; it has since moved to Tongli
Tongli
Tongli, alternately Tong-Li is a town in Wujiang county, on the outskirts of Suzhou. It is known for a system of canals, it has been given the nickname "Venice of the East".Tongli is half an hour away from Suzhou city...
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Liu won the Magnus Hirschfeld Medal
Magnus Hirschfeld Medal
The Magnus Hirschfeld Medal is awarded by the German Society for Social-Scientific Sexuality Research for outstanding service to sexual science, granted in the categories "Sexual Research" and "Sexual Reform"...
for his research in sexology in 1994.
Liu published several books on the history of erotica in China:
- History of Erotica in China (2004), People's Daily Press, ISBN 7-80153-776-9 (in Chinese)
- Pictorial History of Erotica.
- World Sex Culture (2005), China Friendship Press, ISBN 7-5057-2110-0. (in Chinese)