Alfred Charles Kinsey
1894-1956
American Zoologist and Sexologist
In the 1950s, American zoologist and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey established himself as the preeminent authority on the sexual behavi...
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Kinsey, Dr. Alfred C. (1894-1956)
Although he was in many ways the very model of the "egg-head" scientist, complete with crew-cut and bow tie, few academic researchers have had such a wi...
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The American zoologist Alfred C. Kinsey (1894-1956) was known chiefly for his pioneering case studies in the area of human sexual behavior.Alfred C. Kinsey was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of ...
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Alfred Kinsey became a household name in the 1950s for his research on the sexual mores of American women and men. His two major texts, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior ...
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In the following review of Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, the critic commends Kinsey's research and findings, and declares the work necessary for overhauling the nation...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1948, Trilling identifies Kinsey' s work as an enlightening tool to break down cultural repression of humankind's primal and universal sex...
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In the following essay, originally published in 1948, Kubie enumerates the benefits Kinsey's research has for psychoanalysts treating patients with sexual disorders.
This is the report of an...
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In the following review of Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, Kardiner finds the work invaluable as a study in social trends, but faults several of his conclusions as too reliant on ...
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In the following essay, Folsom considers Kinsey's work as a long overdue statistical examination of human sexuality and a harbinger of related works in ethics, philosophy, and religion.
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In the following essay, originally published in 1954, Kuhn challenges Kinsey' s conclusions as succumbing to reductionist fallacies.
One would expect a zoologist, when he addresses himself t...
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In the following review of Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, Loeb questions Kinsey's methodology and characterizes the interpretations of his findings as Victorian.
One ca...
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In the following essay, Morantz presents a historical overview of the cultural shift aided by publication of Kinsey's work and provides detailed biographical analysis of Kinsey's motives...
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