
Arguably, Masters and Johnson's work -- which first documented the basic physiology of human sexuality and then came up with a remarkably successful therapy that toppled Freud and pioneered our current age of the medicalization of sex -- was probably the most well-known research ever conducted at Washington University. Yet for some 40 years -- ever since the conservatives in the medical school found out what Bill and Gini were really up to! -- their name has been essentially taboo at that university. Now several students and faculty members are determined to change that view and are pushing through a petition drive for an honorary degree to be awarded to Virginia. At age 84, Johnson lives in an assisted-living home near the university. Here's the story on the petition drive at Washington and the link to the petition itself.