Radim Uzel


Radim Uzel was a Czech sexologist, educator and science popularizer. He often spoke in the media about sexological topics and wrote several dozen books on the subject.

Biography

Uzel was born in Ostrava. He studied at the gymnasium in Orlová, then he studied at the medical faculty of Masaryk University in Brno, graduating in 1963. He married in 1967, and the marriage lasted until his wife's death in 2021.
In 1973, he became head of the department of gynecological sexology and endocrinology in Ostrava. After 1989, he moved to the Institute for Mother and Child Care in Prague, which is also one of the largest maternity hospitals in the country. He became a popularizer of sexology and often spoke in the media on sexological topics. He was actively involved in scientific activities and education in the field of sexology. In 2020, he received the state award Medal of Merit.
Radim Uzel was a long-time director of Society for Family Planning and Sexual Education. Uzel was also an unsuccessful candidate to the Senate of the Czech Republic. He ran for office several times between 2002 and 2012.
Uzel died in Prague on 2 May 2022, aged 82. He had been battling stomach cancer.

Selected works

Uzel is the author of over 40 books, focused primarily on education in the field of sexology. His books include:
  • Ženské otazníky
  • Mýty a pověry v sexu
  • Sex – odhalené tabu
  • Jak neotěhotnět
  • Umění milovat
  • Nepraktův atlas sexu
  • Zákony ženské přitažlivosti
  • Sex a lidské vztahy humorně i vážně
  • Člověk je živočich sexuální
  • Červenné uši / Červenání s doktorem Radimem Uzlem
  • Erótova lampa
  • Antikoncepční kuchařka
  • Potrat ano – ne
  • Sexuální zvěřinec
  • Pornografie aneb provokující nahota
  • Intímní slasti a strasti
  • Antikoncepční otazníky: o antikoncepci převážně vážně
  • Nevěra a co s ní
  • ''Užitečné pohlaví''

In popular culture

Radim Uzel has made cameo appearance in It Will Stay Between Us and participated in dubbing of Mrazivá tajemství.
Radim Uzel hosted the 1990s radio show Červenání, where he answered listeners' questions about sexology. The answers to the questions resulted in one of his books.