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Sexological Revie 1993, Vol. 1, No. 1
INTRODUCTION
The creation of the Sexological Review can be interpreted as
yet another effort amongst the many others that have been made
since the 1960s to institutionalize sexology in Quebec. This process of
institutionalization was achieved by differentiating it from other
existing disciplines, by establishing new sexological institutions and by
making it part of the academic system at the university level. The
Sexological Review will aim to place the accent on l promoting both
research activities and academics in sexology. We feel it is crucial to
equip ourselves with an instrument to publish research results on
sexuality-related questions so as to make these results more easily
accessible and available. We hope that this scientific periodical will
encourage research as well as inspire people interested in the latest
developments in the field of sexology.
The publication of a scientific periodical by Quebec sexologists is
certainly not the first attempt of its kind. In 1976, professors in the
sexology department of the UQAM had launched a journal called
Études de sexologie which released only one issue. Sexology graduates
had created the Revue québécoise de sexologie, which released eight
issues between 1979 and 1982. It seems appropriate to now launch a
new periodical on sexuality, since in recent years, many periodicals
have emerged as a result of the growing need for scientific knowledge
on sexuality. One of these new perioticals, the Canadian Journal of
Human Sexuality, published by the Sex Information and Education
Council of Canada, released the first issue in the summer of 1992.
There is also the European journal of medical sexology, Sexologies,
that first appeared in June 1991. These new releases no doubt indicate
a growing interest in the scientific study of sexuality. Many scientific
articles on sexuality are published in both French and English in
professional as well as scientific periodicals. The existence of journals
dedicated to the diffusion of scientific studies in sexuality is essential
to bring together articles that are often dispersed in different
periodicals and that make the task difficult for those wishing to be
kept up to date on publications in sexology.
What ideas could influence the course of a periodical on scientific
studies on sexuality? To begin with, it must be mentioned that the
Sexological Review will be largely dependent on the authors that will