This iconic study on the invasion of sexual morality in human society was written in 1931 and is the first attempt by Wilhelm Reich to solve the problem of neuroses in the human masses.

Starting from the crucial question of the origin of sexual repression, Reich attempts to interpret historically the problem of sexual disorders and neuroses, relying on the ethnological research of Morgan, Engels, and particularly Malinowski, who, with his remarkable studies on the sexual life and customs of primitive populations, confirms the clinical discoveries of the great Austrian psychoanalyst.