Betty A. Dodson, PhD (1929-2020), was a sexual revolutionary and known by many as the “Mother of Masturbation.”

March is Women’s History Month, so I’m writing a series of posts honoring important female pioneers in sex education, research and therapy.

"Sex is composed of friction and fantasies," wrote sex therapy pioneer Dr. Helen Singer Kaplan.

Virginia Johnson was a pioneering sexologist who, along with her partner William Masters, MD, did groundbreaking research in human sexuality