Pepper Schwartz
Pepper Schwartz | |
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Schwartz speaks at TEDx Rainier on "The Next Sexual Revolution" in 2011. | |
| Born | May 11, 1945 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Education | Washington University in St. Louis Yale University |
| Occupation | Sociologist |
| Known for | Publications and television appearances |
Pepper Schwartz (born May 11, 1945) is an American sexologist and sociologist teaching at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, United States. She is the author or co-author of numerous books, magazines, and website columns, and is a television personality on the subject of sexuality.
Schwartz is notable for her work in the 1970s and early 1980s that culminated in the book American Couples: Money-Work-Sex, which was co-written with Philip Blumstein and surveyed lesbian couples, gay male couples and heterosexual couples.
Schwartz also serves as the Love & Relationship Expert & Ambassador for AARP and writes the column The Naked Truth.