Ernest Bornemann

Ernst Wilhelm Julius Bornemann (April 12, 1915 – June 4, 1995) was a German crime writer, filmmaker, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist, jazz musician, jazz critic, psychoanalyst, sexologist, and committed socialist. Borneman asked about 1,000 children generalized questions about what could be called sexual issues. Bornemann's method resulted in accusations by some elements of the German-speaking press of being a pedophile because of his interest in children, although his data were published. He emphasizes that children are very sexual beings. His book Childhood Phases of Maturity examines sexuality from birth through age eight and has a detailed description in each chapter of the sexual development of children of the age designated.