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Alfred Kinsey — Part 1
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HOLLYWOOD, May. 2 apy
23 (AP).—The Kinsey Reports
first penetrating look ut U.S.
sex habits — are continuing,
studies of modern sexual
problems. :
‘The newest project: How
and where human sex activity
ive afoul of society and the!
We :
More than 8 decade has|
passed since the first Kinsey;
Teport shocked the nation with|
its findings:
One of two American hus-
bands has sex relations outside|
of his marriage. -
One of four American wives}
commits adultery.
‘One of ten American women,
Tis Pregnant before she marries.
Eighty-five per cent of the
en and 95 per cent of tie.
min could be Jailed one time
ther’ for some element {bf
thiir sexual behavior. ~ i
en Dr. Alfred Kinsey
in 1956 as a resyit of a heart
attack, he left tages fs
Sex Research to carry on
Work. One of its purposes:
To provide an accurate pic-|
ture of how people behave|
Sexually to aid in the realistic}
formulation of sexual values|
and restraints, and in general to!
--. aid law-making bodies, psy-
SL chiatrists, sociologists, clerg?-
> men.- and. other - scholars. of
- | human behavior,
views for the fourth report:
Sex offenders.
For instance, most states have!
Jaws forbidding intercourse with:
under-age females, whether,
they consent or not. This is|
statutory rape, and every prison|
holds persons conyjcted-onsthis,
trys
Bee
25800 \Sex Offenders
Figures for Kinsey Repo
Vi
Seygec
Give
ms
. Dr. Gebhe a
deen th bi eEground of
leeply the bac! &@ man|
whose offense was intercourse,
with his under-age fiancee,
‘The new report, due some-
time next year, covers minor
and serious offenses—ranging|.
from rape and offenses against|’
children to peeping. .
‘Women have been eliminated
from the new report, largely be-|'
cause most female offenses have]
® commercial nature, such as|
Prostitution, and the rest are
Telatively rare.
“As a result there are whole
classes of sexual offense that;
le monopolies,” Dr, Geb-
notes, “Take peeping, for
instfnce.
“Ht you went to the police pf
eny large city and asked the
how many female peepers thby
had caught, they’d laugh
your face. They probably never]
heard of such a thing.”
In the same respect, you sel-
dom hear of a female dressing
in male clothes, or of a female
who wants to change her sex]
to male.
One reason is that the aver-
‘sage woman hasn’t as strong a
sex drive as the average man,
Dr. Gebhard says, and, although]
there are exceptions, the aver-
‘age woman never reaches, the
=peak of sex interest. attdined|
by the average male.
Dr, Gebhard notes that phys-
~ fcally and emotionally, humans} j
sre not given to taking only
one mate. He explains it this
way: : q
Monogamy is a cultural con-
dition we've chosen to impose
on ourselves, and in conse-
quence there is a considerable:
amount of ext ace
tivit
Monogamy is generally easter
for women than for men. But
even ‘women ave polygamous
tepdencissm cropping yp:
dreams or fantasies. ~-
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inn
awe
— A
*- j——Different Controls |
Societies have taken diétent|
“roads to control the
of sex among their members.
Thus few prohibitions apply to
all’ mankind.
Premarital intercourse, taboo
in the United States, is socially,
socle'
make trouble for themselves ‘in
the already difficult area of
human drives and emotions.
“Take our own society, for
example,” Dr. Gebhard says.
“There's this great stress on.
Physical beauty, Look at the:
inescapable advertising that's
being pounded in on our female
Population day in and day out.
“Be beautiful. Dress sty!
Wear this perfumé. + Use [ithis|
id the whole emp!
beautiful—that ij} be
sexuajly attractive. Adopil the
mannrisms of the latest Holly-
Wood stars.
“So on the one hand, society
is strongly encouraging sexual
attractiveness. But when it
comes to the logical concjusion|
of sexual attractivene: xual
behavior—then society suddenly]
reverses itself and says: No, no,|
“So we have this peculiar
situation of encouragement’ on
one hand and repression on the!
other. It’s almost schizo;
The sex offender study al-|
Teady indicates such things as:!
A positive correlation between,
alcohol and sex offense. 1
Little connection be!
Grud/addiction and sex offe
man is a serious addid¢,
Very] often sex life is noj{-
it, Dr. Gebhard says.)
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