Preben Hertoft in memory By Thore Langfeldt Institute for clinical sexology and therapy

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1 Preben Hertoft in memory By Thore Langfeldt Institute for clinical sexology and therapy

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3 How I met my personal friend and mentor In 1973: Torkild Vangaard: «Phallos» Book review in Aftenposten

4 Phallos breakethrough in Aftenposten 1973

5 How I met Preben? On a conference in Copenhagen Physiology and Behaviour 1973 Meeting with professor Torkild Vanggaard at Rigshospitalet Sexology? Sent me one store down to see Preben Hertoft

6 The young Preben

7 First Int. Conf. Medical sexology Paris 1974 January 1974: Basal sexology (1972), psykiatrisk klinikk Rigshospitalet København 5d (Torvald Høierback and I was observers) In order to educate us, Preben and Nanna invited us to drag show at Madam Artur in Copenhagens subculture. Preben said: The best educator is real life without prejudices. A long life friendship was established

8 From student to the first professor in sexology Preben became a student at the Gynmasium in Ordrup in 1946 and cand. Med. In 1955 at the University of Copenhagen. In 1963 he became a specialist in neurology. and in psychiatry in In 1969 he became a consultant at Glostrup State hospital, but left after a year and became university lecturers at the university in Copenhagen. Becoming a psychiatrist he came in contact with Kirsten Auken, one of the most important persons on sex education in Danmark. She disputed in 1953 with dissertation: Surways of young women s sexual habits.

9 From student to the first professor in sexology As a member of the Sex education committee and as a near friend, Kirsten Auken and Torkil Vanggaard inspired Preben to make a dissertation about men. The close relationship between the two, resulted in his doctorial theses he defended in 22. January in 1968: Surway of young men s sexual behaviour, knowledge and habits. Kirsten Auken died the day before on the 21. of January from cancer and must have transferred her soul to Preben. From he was a consultant at the psychiatric out patient division at psychiatric division at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. It would take many years before the first sexological clinic was established in 1986 at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. In 1994 he became a professor in clinical sexology.

10 Lunch with something extra as well We were all sitting on a line while the rest of the lunchroom was the stage. Ellen Margrethe, Preben s faithful secretary for many years, was sitting at the end of the table close to the door. A couple in their thirties entered an started to talk about SM. She took of her pants and started to talk about endorphins being released as the partner started to spank her. First with the warmup then more hard. Without putting her trousers on She approached our lunchboxes with her pussy close to my sandwich and started to talk about people addicted to SM and their suffering in the normal society. Ellen Margrethe whispered that she had to take a telephone.

11 Nanna, borne in 1936, was Preben s faithfull friend and wife until he died. She is an artist making famous wall hangings. She is daughter of Henry Heerup, one of Denmak s greatest painters.

12 Prebens authorship 1966: Du og det annet kønn 1968: Unge mænds seksuelle adferd viden og holdning. 1971: Pædagogisk sexology I-II 1972: Film Følelserne er de same med Christian Hartkopp. 1976: Klinisk sexologi 1983: Det er måske en galskab. Om sexualreformbevegelsen i Danmark. 1984: Paradiset er ikke til salgs. (Sammen med Teit Ritzau som også laget en film samm år) 1989: Sexologisk opslagsbog. 1992: Køn, Kropp og kærlighed 1995: Den rebelske fugl 2002: Undren og befrielse 2008: De uventede gaver (essaysamling) 2009: Klinisk ordbog og online

13 POLITIKEN Tirsdag 28. februar Preben Hertoft - sexologiens fader - er død Preben Hertoft fyldte rummet, når han med begejstring fortalte om alle de udgaver, som køn, krop og lyst kommer i. Han synede ikke af meget, når han stod der foran de lægestuderende i Panum Instituttets enorme auditorium og talte om mennesket. Og om menneskers samliv og seksualitet. Men han fyldte rummet, når han med begejstring fortalte om alle de udgaver, som køn, krop og lyst kommer i. Og altid er kommet i uanset tabuer og fordomme.

14 POLITIKEN Tirsdag 28. februar Preben Hertoft The Father of Sexology is dead. Preben Hertoft filled the room, when he with enthusiasm told us about all variations of gender, body and desire we have. He was not that big, when he stood there in front of the students in medical school in the Panum institute s huge auditorium. But he filled the room when he spoke of gender, body and desire. And about people's cohabitation and sexuality, regardless of taboos and prejudices.

15 You will always be with us