PSY 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kinsey Scale, Sexology, Sharia
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Entomologist (studied insects) but was asked to write a sex manual, so he gathered a bunch of info. Founded kinsey institute for research in sex, gender, and reproduction. Conducted largest, most controversial, and most influential studies to date. Report was named sexual behavior in human females (kinsey report) Sampling bias: not random, over representation of inmates, prostitutees, and pedophiles. Volunteer bias: what could be different about the volunteers from the people who didn"t volunteer. History of homosexuality: greeks/ romans: normal, mostly between powerful men and lower- class or slave boys, 19th 20th c. europeans, russia and islamic countries: mental illness, moral perversion, criminal offense punishable by death, today: natural variation. The kinsey scale: exclusively heterosexual, bisexual, exclusively homosexual. 7% and 4% of previously married females were 3"s. Conceives of sexual orientation as having multiple aspects, which can change (sexual fluidity) Scale is up to 7, but can be. 2-4% males and 1-2% females: exclusively gay or lesbian.
