Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Study
By: Alfred C. Kinsey
Date: 1948
Source: Kinsey, Alfred C., Wardell B. Pomeroy, and Clyde E. Martin. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1948.
About the Author: Alfred C. Kinsey (1894–1956) was born in Hoboken, New Jersey. The son of an engineering instructor and a homemaker, he worked his way through college and then was employed as an instructor in biology and zoology at Harvard University while working for his doctorate degree. After becoming one of the world's experts on the gall wasp, Kinsey abruptly changed directions and began studying humans. His first study, the controversial and pioneering Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, was published in 1948.
Introduction
Sexual drive is a basic human instinct, like eating and sleeping. In the mid-twentieth century, however, few people talked about sex...
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