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a NO. 10 $010-106 OPTIONAL Foam MAY 1962 EDITION $34 GEN, nEG: NO. 27 ca johr UNITED STATES Cf.) ERNMENT y * DeLoach Memorandum | eee Caliahon Conrad 4 y 2 IGdie . crt —————_- } TO : Mr. DeLoach pate: 5-27-65 : vel i ; Trotter : FROM . M. iy) i . ; rele. Room | . Gandy suuecr, THE 1965 KINSEY REPORT) BY DR. PAUL GEBHARD, INDIANA UNIVERSITY / - JUNE, 1965 | / The second and last installment of a summary of Gebhard's book which will appear in July, 1965, appears in the current issue of the above magazine. In the first installment » May, 1965, Gebhard stated that he and his associates feel that warnings to children concerning sex offenders "tend to encourage a sort of paranoid fear of all strangers and all men." He said that no significant number of offenses are Prevented and that the child molester is usually not a stranger but someone who knows the child. ‘ - . _ In the current installment, Gebhard attempts to indicaté the miscon- “ceptions between the sexes and inconsistencies in the law have causetihe unjust 8 confinement of men accused of alleged sex crimes. He points out that although there should be no Sympathy for ae sex offender, who is oblivious to the brutality cee he imposes on his victim, it is/ait icult to muster sympathy for men convicted of" sex offenses which are crimes only by definition. He said that the "age of legal consent" has different interpretations in the various states and prisoners have ——~- | been convicted of sexual assaults on females even though they. may have participated . willingly, - He states that society makes a serious mistake in adopting laws and attitudes that set teenagers apart from the adult world while » in fact, they are capable of acting like adults. _He feels that sex laws Should be rewritten so that any act between two mature people voluntarily, would be legal. He cannot understand the attitudes expressed in the law which restricts homosexuals from relationships in private. He also condones adultery in some instances. 62 -lOS5 74 f. | ip7e 8T-108 & JUN 9 1965 6) je (Continued on next page) AM oe