ology , ▁a ▁subject ▁that ▁had ▁interested ▁him ▁ever ▁since ▁his ▁time ▁with ▁Wilhelm ▁Reich ▁and ▁later ▁Gé za ▁R ó heim . ▁He ▁received ▁a ▁doctor ate ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 6 ▁for ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁orig ins ▁and ▁future ▁of ▁patri archy , ▁published ▁as ▁Das ▁Patri arch at . ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁publish ▁many ▁more ▁studies ▁of ▁sexual ity , ▁language ▁and ▁power , ▁and ▁later ▁was ▁appointed ▁to ▁a ▁professor ship ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Sal zburg ▁in ▁Austria . ▁The ▁German ▁Society ▁for ▁Social - S cient ific ▁Sex ual ity ▁Research ▁hon ored ▁him ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 0 ▁as ▁the ▁first - ever ▁recip ient ▁of ▁the ▁Magn us ▁Hir sch feld ▁Medal ▁for ▁Sex ual ▁Science , ▁for ▁his ▁pione ering ▁work ▁in ▁investig ating ▁early ▁child hood ▁sexual ity . ▁Prof ession als ▁working ▁with ▁surv iv ors ▁of ▁sexual ▁ab use ▁of ▁children ▁critic ized ▁Born emann ' s ▁support ▁for ▁the ▁so - called ▁sexual ▁liber ation ▁of ▁children ▁which ▁proposed ▁that ▁" every ▁child ▁should ▁have ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁sexual ▁inter course ▁with ▁a ▁grown - up ". ▁They ▁accused ▁him ▁of ▁cond oning ▁ped oph ilia . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁final ▁dec ades ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁Born emann ▁lived ▁in ▁Sch arten , ▁Upper ▁Austria , ▁where ▁he ▁committed ▁suic ide ▁at ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁ 8 0 ▁after ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁a ▁love ▁affair ▁with ▁a ▁colle ague ▁ 6 1 ▁years ▁his