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'''Charles Winick''' (August 4, 1922 – July 4, 2015) was an American author, psychologist, and academician, noted for his work in the fields of [[Gender studies|gender]], [[Addiction|drug addiction]], and [[prostitution]]. |
'''Charles Winick''' (August 4, 1922 – July 4, 2015) was an American author, psychologist, and academician, noted for his work in the fields of [[Gender studies|gender]], [[Addiction|drug addiction]], and [[prostitution]]. |
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He was a professor of sociology at the [[The Graduate Center, CUNY|the Graduate Center]] of the [[City University of New York]] and the City College of New York,<ref name="author page - Transaction">{{cite web|title=Charles Winick|url=http://www.transactionpub.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=AUTHOR&authorid=7728|website=Author Page|publisher=Transaction Publishers|accessdate= |
He was a professor of sociology at the [[The Graduate Center, CUNY|the Graduate Center]] of the [[City University of New York]] and the City College of New York,<ref name="author page - Transaction">{{cite web|title=Charles Winick|url=http://www.transactionpub.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=AUTHOR&authorid=7728|website=Author Page|publisher=Transaction Publishers|accessdate=July 14, 2015}}</ref> taught at [[Columbia University]], and was the author of more than 20 books, including a book which lamented the decline in the difference between the genders, and a study of prostitution. Winick also challenged the accepted view of narcotics addiction, contending that opiates are harmless but cause harm because they are taken under adverse conditions.<ref name="Times obit"/> |
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== Early life and education== |
== Early life and education== |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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After the war he earned a doctorate from New York University and served in the army reserves, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. In addition to his academic work, he was research director of the [[Anti-Defamation League]], the New York State Narcotics Commission, and the [[J. Walter Thompson]] advertising agency.<ref name="Times obit" /> In 1959 he wrote ''Taste and the Censor in Television'' for the Fund for the Republic. In 1962, while on the Columbia faculty, he was hired by [[NBC]] as a children's programming consultant.<ref name="NBC consulting">{{cite news|last1=Shepard|first1=Richard F.|title=Psychologist Put on NBC Payroll|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=9E03E0DF1238E63ABC4852DFB5668389679EDE|accessdate= |
After the war he earned a doctorate from New York University and served in the army reserves, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. In addition to his academic work, he was research director of the [[Anti-Defamation League]], the New York State Narcotics Commission, and the [[J. Walter Thompson]] advertising agency.<ref name="Times obit" /> In 1959 he wrote ''Taste and the Censor in Television'' for the Fund for the Republic. In 1962, while on the Columbia faculty, he was hired by [[NBC]] as a children's programming consultant.<ref name="NBC consulting">{{cite news|last1=Shepard|first1=Richard F.|title=Psychologist Put on NBC Payroll|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=9E03E0DF1238E63ABC4852DFB5668389679EDE|accessdate=July 15, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=March 10, 1962}}</ref> |
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Winick's book ''The New People: Desexualization in American Life,'' published in 1969,<ref name="ANJour review-Desex" /> contended that American society was "following the path of [[Ancient Greece]] and [[Roman Empire|Rome]]" by gradually becoming a "neutered society".<ref name="Times obit" /> He wrote that "equality does not mean equivalence, and a difference is not deficiency".<ref name="Times obit" /> Winick maintained that America was becoming a "beige-colored" society, and that distinctions between the genders were becoming blurred.<ref name="ANJour review-Desex">{{cite journal|last1=Gendel|first1=Evalyn S.|title=The New |
Winick's book ''The New People: Desexualization in American Life,'' published in 1969,<ref name="ANJour review-Desex" /> contended that American society was "following the path of [[Ancient Greece]] and [[Roman Empire|Rome]]" by gradually becoming a "neutered society".<ref name="Times obit" /> He wrote that "equality does not mean equivalence, and a difference is not deficiency".<ref name="Times obit" /> Winick maintained that America was becoming a "beige-colored" society, and that distinctions between the genders were becoming blurred.<ref name="ANJour review-Desex">{{cite journal|last1=Gendel|first1=Evalyn S.|title=The New People—Desexualization in American Life (review)|journal=American Journal of Public Health|date=November 1970|volume=60|issue=11|page=2222|url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1349272/pdf/amjphnation00040-0174a.pdf|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref> |
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His views on drug addiction were controversial.<ref name="Times obit" /> He believed that many heroin addicts do outgrow their addictions, but those who do not "should be treated as victims of a chronic disease".<ref name="Times obit" /> |
His views on drug addiction were controversial.<ref name="Times obit" /> He believed that many heroin addicts do outgrow their addictions, but those who do not "should be treated as victims of a chronic disease".<ref name="Times obit" /> |
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His 1971 book ''The Lively Commerce'', co-authored by Paul M. Kinsie, a study of prostitution based on interviews with 2,000 prostitutes over a ten-year period,<ref name="Liv Commerce review - AJ Soc">{{cite journal|last1=Wunsch|first1=James L.|title=The Lively Commerce: Prostitution in the United States (review)|journal=American Journal of Sociology|date=November 1972|volume=78|issue=3|pages=725–727|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2776326|accessdate= |
His 1971 book ''The Lively Commerce'', co-authored by Paul M. Kinsie, a study of prostitution based on interviews with 2,000 prostitutes over a ten-year period,<ref name="Liv Commerce review - AJ Soc">{{cite journal|last1=Wunsch|first1=James L.|title=The Lively Commerce: Prostitution in the United States (review)|journal=American Journal of Sociology|date=November 1972|volume=78|issue=3|pages=725–727|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/2776326|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref> found that most prostitutes were physically unattractive, often were short, overweight, and possessed "flagrant physical defects", and that three-quarters of a sampling of [[call girls]] had attempted [[suicide]]. The authors found that 15% of all suicides brought to public hospitals in the U.S. were prostitutes. The book also tracked the growth of homosexual and [[transvestite]] prostitution. It found that [[brothel]]s and "madams" (female brothel owners) had largely become a thing of the past, and that though prostitution was a $1 billion-a-year industry, prostitutes were paid little more than clerical workers, earning $5,000 to $6,000 in net income for a six-day workweek.<ref name="Times obit" /><ref name="Times review - Lively Commerce">{{cite news|last1=Broyard|first1=Anatole|title=More Commerce Than Lively|url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=9D0CE1D61530E73BBC4D53DFB366838A669EDE|accessdate=July 15, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=May 5, 1971}}</ref>{{notinref}}{{dubious}} |
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Winick was also among the first jury consultants, using tools of sociology to advise lawyers on jury selection. Among the cases that he advised were those of [[Jean Harris]] and [[Claus von Bülow|Claus von Bulow]], both accused murderers.<ref name="Times obit" /> |
Winick was also among the first jury consultants, using tools of sociology to advise lawyers on jury selection. Among the cases that he advised were those of [[Jean Harris]] and [[Claus von Bülow|Claus von Bulow]], both accused murderers.<ref name="Times obit" /> |
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He also authored ''Dictionary of Anthropology'' (1956).<ref name="review - dictionary">{{cite journal|last1=Borhegyi|first1=Stephen|title=Review: Dictionary of Anthropology|journal=Bios|date=March 1957|volume=28|issue=1|page=52|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4605838|accessdate= |
He also authored ''Dictionary of Anthropology'' (1956).<ref name="review - dictionary">{{cite journal|last1=Borhegyi|first1=Stephen|title=Review: Dictionary of Anthropology|journal=Bios|date=March 1957|volume=28|issue=1|page=52|url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/4605838|accessdate=July 15, 2015}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Winick married to Mariann Pezzella (d. 2006), with whom he authored a number of books and articles. They had two children, Ralph and Laura Winick.<ref name="Times obit" /> |
Winick married to Mariann Pezzella (d. 2006), with whom he authored a number of books and articles. They had two children, Ralph and Laura Winick.<ref name="Times obit" /> |
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Winick died in Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2015, at the age of 92.<ref name="Times obit">{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|title=Charles Winick, Author Who Challenged Views on Drugs and Gender, Dies at 92|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/us/charles-winick-professor-and-author-who-challenged-social-norms-dies-at-92.html|accessdate= |
Winick died in Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2015, at the age of 92.<ref name="Times obit">{{cite news|last1=Roberts|first1=Sam|title=Charles Winick, Author Who Challenged Views on Drugs and Gender, Dies at 92|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/13/us/charles-winick-professor-and-author-who-challenged-social-norms-dies-at-92.html|accessdate=July 14, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=July 12, 2015}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 07:19, 18 August 2015
Charles Winick | |
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| Born | August 4, 1922 |
| Died | July 4, 2015 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Academician, author, psychologist, consultant |
| Notable work | The New People: Desexualization in American Life, The Lively Commerce |
Charles Winick (August 4, 1922 – July 4, 2015) was an American author, psychologist, and academician, noted for his work in the fields of gender, drug addiction, and prostitution.
He was a professor of sociology at the the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and the City College of New York,[1] taught at Columbia University, and was the author of more than 20 books, including a book which lamented the decline in the difference between the genders, and a study of prostitution. Winick also challenged the accepted view of narcotics addiction, contending that opiates are harmless but cause harm because they are taken under adverse conditions.[2]
Early life and education
Winick was born in the Bronx, New York City, to Russian Jewish immigrants. His father was a house painter. He had four brothers. As a child, his family was so poor that they were spotlighted in "The New York Times Neediest Cases" campaign, and the reporter who wrote the story was so distressed by their poverty that he gave the family his own overcoat.[2]
Winick graduated from the City College of New York and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was initially assigned to military intelligence, but then was sent to interrogate prominent German prisoners of war, including Wernher von Braun.[2]
Career
After the war he earned a doctorate from New York University and served in the army reserves, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. In addition to his academic work, he was research director of the Anti-Defamation League, the New York State Narcotics Commission, and the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency.[2] In 1959 he wrote Taste and the Censor in Television for the Fund for the Republic. In 1962, while on the Columbia faculty, he was hired by NBC as a children's programming consultant.[3]
Winick's book The New People: Desexualization in American Life, published in 1969,[4] contended that American society was "following the path of Ancient Greece and Rome" by gradually becoming a "neutered society".[2] He wrote that "equality does not mean equivalence, and a difference is not deficiency".[2] Winick maintained that America was becoming a "beige-colored" society, and that distinctions between the genders were becoming blurred.[4]
His views on drug addiction were controversial.[2] He believed that many heroin addicts do outgrow their addictions, but those who do not "should be treated as victims of a chronic disease".[2]
His 1971 book The Lively Commerce, co-authored by Paul M. Kinsie, a study of prostitution based on interviews with 2,000 prostitutes over a ten-year period,[5] found that most prostitutes were physically unattractive, often were short, overweight, and possessed "flagrant physical defects", and that three-quarters of a sampling of call girls had attempted suicide. The authors found that 15% of all suicides brought to public hospitals in the U.S. were prostitutes. The book also tracked the growth of homosexual and transvestite prostitution. It found that brothels and "madams" (female brothel owners) had largely become a thing of the past, and that though prostitution was a $1 billion-a-year industry, prostitutes were paid little more than clerical workers, earning $5,000 to $6,000 in net income for a six-day workweek.[2][6][failed verification][dubious – discuss]
Winick was also among the first jury consultants, using tools of sociology to advise lawyers on jury selection. Among the cases that he advised were those of Jean Harris and Claus von Bulow, both accused murderers.[2]
He also authored Dictionary of Anthropology (1956).[7]
Personal life
Winick married to Mariann Pezzella (d. 2006), with whom he authored a number of books and articles. They had two children, Ralph and Laura Winick.[2]
Winick died in Manhattan, New York, on July 4, 2015, at the age of 92.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Roberts, Sam (July 12, 2015). "Charles Winick, Author Who Challenged Views on Drugs and Gender, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
- ^ Shepard, Richard F. (March 10, 1962). "Psychologist Put on NBC Payroll". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ a b Gendel, Evalyn S. (November 1970). "The New People—Desexualization in American Life (review)" (PDF). American Journal of Public Health. 60 (11): 2222. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ Wunsch, James L. (November 1972). "The Lively Commerce: Prostitution in the United States (review)". American Journal of Sociology. 78 (3): 725–727. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ Broyard, Anatole (May 5, 1971). "More Commerce Than Lively". The New York Times. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
- ^ Borhegyi, Stephen (March 1957). "Review: Dictionary of Anthropology". Bios. 28 (1): 52. Retrieved July 15, 2015.