Kinsey Reports

The Kinsey Reports are two controversial books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), by Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell Pomeroy and others. Kinsey was a zoologist at the Indiana University at Bloomington and the founder of the Institute for Sex Research.

Related Topics:
Human sexual behavior - Alfred C. Kinsey - Wardell Pomeroy - Zoologist - Indiana University at Bloomington - Institute for Sex Research

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The research astounded the general public and was immediately controversial and sensational.

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The findings caused shock and outrage, both because they challenged conventional beliefs about sexuality and because they discussed subjects that had previously been taboo. The belief that heterosexuality and abstinence were both ethical and statistical norms had never before been seriously challenged.

Related Topics:
Sexuality - Taboo

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