"l"<br > A New Synthesis<br > times in this century， great pioneers in the field of<br >~uzan sexuality have shocked， informed， and transformed our<br >~0dd， The people responsible for these seismic changes are<br >~gmund Freud， Alfred Kinsey and his co-workers， and the<br > of Masters and Johnson. They influenced us in far more<br >~itieant ways than many of us may realize. Their work has<br >@ificantly shaped our attitudes， influenced our behavior， and<br >~ged our lives in many ways; however， their findings and<br >leir theoretical conclusions contradict each other， which<br >avesus in a very real dilemma. Freud told us that the mature<br > ~an is vaginally responsive and should give up her childish<br >~erest in her clitoris. Kinsey and co-workers， and more<br >~ently Masters and Johnson， assured us that orgasm in all<br >~raen involves the clitoris and that it is the main focus of<br >male erotic arousal.<br >In the twentieth century， when human sexuality became a<br >~itiraate subject for scientific study for the very first time in<br >~ern history， how did it happen that the major contributors<br >this new branch of knowledge were in such sharp disagree-<br >