“The concept of normal, especially in sexual life, is designated in an almost entirely arbitrary manner. Anyone familiar with the diversity of sexual life will concede this fact.”

—  Hans Blüher

Source: The German Wandervogel Movement as Erotic Phenomenon: A Contribution to the Knowledge of Sexual Inversion (1914), p. 38.

Original

Dass der Begriff des Normalen, besonders in sexuellen Leben, fast willkürlich zu nennen ist, wird jeder zugeben, der seine Vielspältigkeit kennen gelernt hat.

The German Wandervogel Movement as Erotic Phenomenon: A Contribution to the Knowledge of Sexual Inversion (1914)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Nov. 18, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "The concept of normal, especially in sexual life, is designated in an almost entirely arbitrary manner. Anyone familiar…" by Hans Blüher?
Hans Blüher photo
Hans Blüher 2
German journalist and writer 1888–1955

Related quotes

Wilhelm Reich photo

“Every seemingly arbitrary destructive action is a reaction of the organism to the frustration of a gratification of a vital need, especially of a sexual need.”

Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957) Austrian-American psychoanalyst

Source: The Function of the Orgasm (1927), Ch. V : The Development of the Character-Analytic Technique

Gore Vidal photo
W. Somerset Maugham photo

“My own belief is that there is hardly anyone whose sexual life, if it were broadcast, would not fill the world at large with surprise and horror.”

W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British playwright, novelist, short story writer

Quoted in Somerset Maugham (1980) by Ted Morgan

John Cleese photo

“Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.”

John Cleese (1939) actor from England

Source: Life and How to Survive It

“You have sexual tendencies that are not normal, and you should be ashamed of them.”

Scott Dikkers (1965) American comic writer

Source: You Are Worthless: Depressing Nuggets of Wisdom Sure to Ruin Your Day

Ayn Rand photo
Ken Livingstone photo

“Everyone is bisexual. Almost everyone has the sexual potential for anything.”

Ken Livingstone (1945) Mayor of London between 2000 and 2008

Speech to Harrow Gay Unity Group (18 August 1981)

Related topics