Alfred Kinsey

• Developed Kinsey Reports and Kinsey Scale
• Founded Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University 1947
• Anonymously cataloging and statistically analyzing sexual lives and proclivities of about 18,000
• Publications
• Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948)
• Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953)

• Used convicts of sexual charges, prostitutes, pedophiles etc to conduct research on
• Explicit sexual movies were shot for research
• Some of Kinsey's films were adults with children
• Studied the manual and oral stimulation of children's genitals.
• Research done on middle class, college educated and under age 35
• A major weakness in his research was failure to research on people of color

Alfred Charles Kinsey

The 6 outlets of sexual orgasm

Kinsey's findings on homosexuality

Notable Acheivements

Career

References

BIO

• Taught at Indian University in 1920
• An Introduction to Biology, widely accepted and integrated into HS academic program
• Renown biologist and zoologist documenting animal mating practices-specifically gall wasps
• Continued entomology into 1930's
• 1938 began teaching new course on marriage and study shifted to human sexuality

• Masturbation- any sort of self stimulation that brings erotic arousal
• Nocturnal emissions- also known as "wet dreams"
• Heterosexual coitus- Intercourse between a man and a woman
• Homosexual outlet- Any type of sexual contact between same sex individuals
• Bestiality- Sexual contact with an animal/ other species
• Most people obtain all of their orgasms from a single outlet, some people need more than one.
• Kinsey concluded that no two sexualities are identical

• Born in Hoboken, NJ on June 23, 1894
• 1st of 3 children
• Spinal deformity due to childhood illness
• Unable to participate in outdoor activities leading to keen interest in biology, zoology and botany
• Identified as bisexual
• June 3, 1921 Married to Clara Brachen McMillen (former student) in a polyamorous relationship
• 4 children one who died in childhood
• Died in Bloomington, IN on Aug 25, 1956 due to heart failure

One third of American males have claimed to have had at least one same-sex orgasmic experience by age 45

13% of women claimed to have at least one same-sex orgasmic experience by age 45

Kinsey believe a person's sexuality can change over their lifetime

http://www.goodtherapy.org/famous-psychologists/alfred-kinsey.html

http://www.nndb.com/people/413/000059236/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1447862/

http://psychistofwomen.umwblogs.org/sexuality/post-kinsey/kinsey/

http://www.kinseyinstitute.org/research/ak-hhscale.html

http://vistriai.com/kinseyscaletest/results.php

Kinsey's scale

Secret History: Kinsey's Pedophiles

Who was involved in Kinsey's research practices?

Contribution to Psychology

Criticism and Controversy

Education

• 1948- Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
• top seller book sold over 300,000 copies
• Kinsey interviewed a pedophile they called him Mr. Green
• a mentor told Mr. Green to write all his experiences of child abuse rape he committed in a scientific way in a journal
• Mr. Green rape 800 children and recorded for years
• Kinsey collected information from 2 individuals- one a Arizona government (Mr. Green) and the other a Nazi (doctor)
• Kinsey say that from his study of the reports of child abuse that kids have multiple orgasm and that from their cries is the orgasms.

• Although books were wildly popular they were also the subject of controversy
• Some argue that reports were scandalous, biased and immoral
• Controversy also due to research into preteen orgasms and pedophiles
• Many researchers still uses his data but some argue that data is skewed toward a select population and not representative of the whole

• Studied mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (under father's pressure)
• Graduated with BS in Biology in 1916 at Bowdoin College
• Continued studies in bat Bussey Institute at Harvard; Graduated with ScD in 1919

• Recognized as 1st to explore sexuality from scientific point of view
• Began while studying gall wasp mating patterns with interest turned to human subjects
• Work led to wider acceptance of sexuality discussion and sexual practices
• Developed the Kinsey Scale (Heterosexual-Homosexual Rating scale) and Kinsey Reports (Two published books)

http://vistriai.com/kinseyscaletest/results.php

Great video to watch recommend it. Very interesting including victims in it and Kinsey former workers.