Alfred C. Kinsey

American biologist and sexologist best known for the Kinsey Reports on human sexual behavior and for founding the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University.

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  1. 1. Sexual Behavior In The Human Female

    Based on thousands of interviews, this landmark study presents systematic empirical findings about women’s sexual histories and practices in mid-20th-century America, documenting the prevalence and wide variability of behaviors—masturbation, premarital and extramarital intercourse, orgasmic response, and same-sex experiences—and showing that sexual behavior and orientation exist along a continuum; its quantitative approach challenged prevailing assumptions about female sexuality, influenced later research, and provoked both scientific debate and public controversy over methods and social implications.

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