Sexual behavior in the human male
by Kinsey, Alfred C., (Alfred Charles)
When published in 1948 this volume encountered a storm of condemnation and acclaim. It is, however, a milestone on the path toward a scientific approach to the understanding of human sexual behavior. Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey and his fellow researchers sought to accumulate an objective body of facts regarding sex. They employed first hand interviews to gather this data. This volume is based upon histories of approximately 5,300 males which were collected during a fifteen year period. This text descr…
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- Full title :Sexual behavior in the human male / Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, Clyde E. Martin.
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When published in 1948 this volume encountered a storm of condemnation and acclaim. It is, however, a milestone on the path toward a scientific approach to the understanding of human sexual behavior. Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey and his fellow researchers sought to accumulate an objective body of facts regarding sex. They employed first hand interviews to gather this data. This volume is based upon histories of approximately 5,300 males which were collected during a fifteen year period. This text describes the methodology, sampling, coding, interviewing, statistical analyses, and then examines factors and sources of sexual outlet.
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- Publication Date:1998
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Indiana University Press
- Place of Publication:Bloomington, Ind
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1998
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xv, 804 pages) : : illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780253019233, 0253019230
- oclc:ocn606987885
- LC Classification:HQ28
- Dewey Decimal:306.7/081
Table of Contents
pt. 1. History and method. Historical introduction -- Interviewing -- Statistical problems -- Validity of the data -- pt. 2. Factors affecting sexual outlet. Early sexual growth and activity -- Total sexual outlet -- Age and sexual outlet -- Marital status and sexual outlet -- Age of adolescence and sexual outlet -- Social level and sexual outlet -- Stability of sexual patterns -- Rural-urban background and sexual outlet -- Religious background and sexual outlet -- pt. 3. Sources of sexual outlet. Masturbation -- Nocturnal emissions -- Heterosexual petting -- Pre-marital intercourse -- Marital intercourse -- Extra-marital intercourse -- Intercourse with prostitutes -- Homosexual outlet -- Animal contacts -- Clinical tables.
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