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Alfred Kinsey — Part 3
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Meno to Ur. Nichols from Me As Jones oo, May 10, 1948 _&
RE: BOOK REVIEW ; ae EAS
- On page 168 he discusses honose
that "on the whole, the homosezual chiig pl
more histories, Occurs nore Srequently, and.
specific than the Pre-adolescent heterosexua
B the younger boy, it ts also fostered by his é
encouraged disdain for girls’ ways, by his adni x
contributed their histories, recall homosexual Gctivity
. ‘tn their Pre-adolescent years.” Put Kinsey fails to state
t. that he talkeg to any boys--nerely to adults who discussed oo.
their childhood ectivities, This would seem to the reviewer. ._-
be not as Sctentific as tt ts prejudtctous,
Dr. Kinsey has Contributed aq Study helpful to
Students of soctology, Psychiatry, Psychology and anthropology,
but tts value ts limited, His Sincerity to do
tmportant Study t8 not questioned, but erceeds his ability
to accomplish the net result, I¢ t8 conceiug
legislators might glean JTrom the boorx valuable data 4
more effective ser laws, but iz ts also concetvable that this. .
book could do tncalculable harn in the hands o
-Who read it as q Justification sor thetr own Sexual habits, —
_ . Agent: 1Gt the present time igs handling «=
4 = 8 er “Offender matters. —He-reviewed the. book-for_any light. --
:. 4a tt might throw on the subject, for this purpose the book Lo
b has a linited value, Be -
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