IMPRINTED
SEXUAL FANTASIES:
A
NEW KEY FOR SEXOLOGY
short course description:
This seminar will read and discuss a book of the
same name:
Imprinted
Sexual Fantasies: A New
Key for Sexology.
ISF
offers a new
hypothesis for explaining human sexuality:
Each human person is imprinted
with specific sex-scripts
or sexual fantasies during our first 20 years of life.
Our first sexual responses are created
not by nature, not by
nurture, but by mental imprinting.
If this hypothesis proves substantially correct,
it could revolutionize modern sexology.
Eleven chapters will be discussed in 5 sessions.
See table of
contents.
one-page course description:
IMPRINTED
SEXUAL FANTASIES:
A
NEW KEY FOR SEXOLOGY
Let's explore the origins and dynamics of our own
sexual fantasies
and of the imprinted sex-scripts of people we have known.
This seminar of five sessions (two hours each)
will discuss a book of the same name by James Park,
who is also the facilitator for this exploration of human sexuality.
Session 1:
I.
INTRODUCING
THE SEX-SCRIPT HYPOTHESIS
This chapter is available
free of charge on the Internet.
Click thru to each section from the table of contents.
Participants in this class should
read these 16 pages before the first
session.
After we introduce the class and the participants,
we will discuss the basic hypothesis of Imprinted Sexual
Fantasies.
Copies of the printed book will be available in class for the wholesale
price: $25.
Session 2:
II.
THE
EVOLUTIONARY BACKGROUND OF HUMAN SEX-SCRIPTS
III.
SEXUAL
IMPRINTING AT CRITICAL PERIODS IN PSYCHO-SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
Session 3:
IV.
THREE
LEVELS OF SEX-SCRIPTS
V.
VARIETIES
OF SEX-SCRIPTS
Session 4:
VI.
IDENTIFYING
OUR OWN SEX-SCRIPTS
VII.
HOMOSEXUAL
SEX-SCRIPTS
VIII.
THE
IMPACT OF SEXUAL FANTASIES ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS
IX.
TRANSCENDING
OUR SEX-SCRIPTS
Session 5:
X.
FUTURE
RESEARCH INTO HUMAN SEX-SCRIPTS
XI.
SEX-SCRIPTS
IN THE 21st CENTURY
PLACE: (where
would be
best for you?)
DATE & TIME: (when would be best for you?)
FEE: FREE OF CHARGE (unless the meeting room
costs something)
If you would like to read a bit more about imprinted
sexual fantasies,
here is a selection of ten teasers
from the text.
this
seminar as offered by the
Experimental College of theTwin Cities
(EXCO):
IMPRINTED
SEXUAL FANTASIES:
A
NEW KEY FOR SEXOLOGY
This class is now listed (for fall 2009)
by the Experimental College of the Twin Cities (EXCO):
http://www.EXCOtc.html
If you live in Minneapolis or St. Paul (or any near-by community)
and if you have any opinion about where and when to offer this class,
put yourself on the e-mailing list for Imprinted Sexual Fantasies.
The details of place and time will be worked out
by means of this e-mail group.
This class is not a lecture series, since
the
printed book
presents the sex-script hypothesis and its implications.
Rather, we will have maximum
discussion among the people
who choose to join this group.
How might YOU decide to join a discussion of sexual
fantasies?
First you might read
some sample pages from the book,
Imprinted
Sexual Fantasies: A New Key for Sexology.
About 50 pages from this 176-page book are available on the Internet.
This amounts to about 28% of the text.
If you want an even quicker introduction to the book,
you might read ten teasers
from the text.
These paragraphs give you good glimpses of both the style and content.
Do these selections illuminate your own imprinted sexual fantasies?
Do the sample pages inspire you to read more?
Would you like to discuss these ideas with other people?
If so, you might find this seminar an appropriate place to explore more
deeply.
What self-selected group of people will next be
drawn together around
this book?
Put yourself on the EXCO e-mailing list for Imprinted Sexual Fantasies
if you might be ready to look more deeply into sex.
The book costs $25 wholesale,
but a special
buy-back provision is available to EXCO participants.
course description as it appears on the EXCO website June 2, 2009:
IMPRINTED SEXUAL FANTASIES:
A NEW KEY FOR SEXOLOGY
Facilitator:
James Park, existential philosopher
E-mail:
PARKx032@TC.UMN.EDU
Phone:
612-871-7275
Course description:
We will read and discuss a book of the same name:
Imprinted Sexual Fantasies: A New Key for Sexology.
ISF offers a new explanation of human sexuality:
Each person is imprinted with specific sex-scripts
or sexual fantasies during our first 20 years of life.
Our first sexual responses are created
not by nature, not by nurture, but by mental imprinting.
If this hypothesis proves substantially correct,
it could revolutionize modern sexology.
Is this seminar for you?
Ten teasers from the text might help you decide.
Eleven chapters will be discussed in 5 sessions:
Session 1:
I. INTRODUCING THE SEX-SCRIPT HYPOTHESIS
This chapter is available free of charge on the Internet:
See the table of contents.
Participants in this class
should read these 16 pages before the first session.
After we introduce the class and the participants,
we will discuss this first chapter.
Copies of the printed book will be available
in class for the wholesale price: $25.
Session 2:
II. THE EVOLUTIONARY BACKGROUND
OF HUMAN SEX-SCRIPTS
III. SEXUAL IMPRINTING AT CRITICAL PERIODS
IN PSYCHO-SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
Session 3:
IV. THREE LEVELS OF SEX-SCRIPTS
V. VARIETIES OF SEX-SCRIPTS
Session 4:
VI. IDENTIFYING OUR OWN SEX-SCRIPTS
VII. HOMOSEXUAL SEX-SCRIPTS
VIII. THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL FANTASIES
ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS
IX. TRANSCENDING OUR SEX-SCRIPTS
Session 5:
X. FUTURE RESEARCH INTO HUMAN SEX-SCRIPTS
XI. SEX-SCRIPTS IN THE 21st CENTURY
Here is a comprehensive course description:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/D-SS.html
This URL allows you to open 50 pages from the book,
including the first page of each chapter.
Imprinted Sexual Fantasies: A New Key for Sexology
is a book of 176 pages offered in two bindings:
comb-binding and screw-post binding.
Same price for either binding: $25 wholesale.
(Retail price: $55)
But you may sell the book back to the author
at the end of this seminar for $20
if it is not damaged.
Here are the details of this buy-back option:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/SS-EXCO.html
More information about the facilitator:
James Park is an independent
existential philosopher and reader of sexology.
The text for this seminar is his first book in sexology.
But he is preparing a second book, which will be called:
Variations of Sex & Gender:
Six Phenomena Frequently Confused:
James Park has led about 200 discussion groups.
Most of these were in the Minnesota Free University.
Read more about his interest in adult education,
including other possible classes:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/JP-AL-ED.html
The facilitator has written a short explanation of:
How I Wrote My First Book on Sex.
You might also want to read:
Skeptical Questions
for Anyone Who Offers a Class on Sex.
CLASS TIMES:
To be arranged with everyone on the e-mailing list.
Week-day afternoons, 5 meetings, 2 hours each.
CLASS DATES:
September 2009, five consecutive weeks,
arranged with those who have joined
the e-mailing list for this class.
When the dates have been established,
they will be listed with the five sessions above.
PLACE:
probably University of Minnesota campus,
Minneapolis, Coffman Memorial Union.
CLASS SIZE:
10-20 people
syllabus for distant
learners:
IMPRINTED
SEXUAL FANTASIES:
A
NEW KEY FOR SEXOLOGY
If you cannot attend a face-to-face discussion of
this book,
you can still obtain a copy by mail and read it at your own pace.
The publisher's website explains how to obtain your copy.
Search the Internet for "Existential Books".
Here is the complete table of contents
for Imprinted
Sexual Fantasies.
After the first chapter, the book can be read in any order.
So feel free to delve into the most interesting chapters first.
If you would like to read other similar books
that agree with the hypothesis of Imprinted
Sexual Fantasies,
go to the bibliography called: Best Books
Supporting the Sex-Script Hypothesis:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/B-SEX-SC.html
Here you will find reviews of about 20 books,
some of which you might want to read.
And here is another beginning bibliography
specifically about sexual fantasies.
James Park remains open to hearing from any reader
by e-mail:
PARKx032@TC.UMN.EDU.
This is another way that distant learners can participate in dialog.
And if other facilitators wish to create classes
using this book,
the author will respond to questions raised in any such classes by
e-mail.
Pass the word to other Internet friends
who might be interested in exploring imprinted sexual fantasies.
After all, everyone has sexual responses.
MORE ABOUT THE FACILITATOR:
James Park is an independent existential philosopher
and reader of sexology.
The resource book for this seminar is his first book in sexology.
But he is preparing a second book, which will be called:
Variations of Sex &
Gender:
Six Phenomena Frequently
Confused:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/VSG.html.
During his long career in alternative adult education,
he has led about 200 different discussion groups.
Most of these were in the Minnesota Free University.
See more information about his interest in adult education:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/JP-AL-ED.html
The facilitator has written a short explanation of:
How I Wrote My First Book on Sex:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/ISF-HOW.html
Interested readers of these course descriptions
might want to read a side-bar entitled:
Skeptical Questions for Anyone Who Offers a Class on Sex:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/EXCO-SKEP.html
Created
September 25, 2008; Revised 12-3-2008; 12-5-2008;
2-7-2009; 3-20-2009;
3-27-2009; 4-7-2009; 5-8-2009; 5-14-2009; 5-26-2009: 6-2-2009