Psychology 3724F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fellatio, Play Hard, Dependent And Independent Variables

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 3724F/G
• Professor: Lorne Campbell

Document Summary

Psych 3724 lecture 10 - sex and passion. Alfred kinsey and his colleagues carried out the first comprehensive surveys of sex, conducting thousands of face to face interviews in the us. Two groundbreaking books were published in 1948 (dealing with men) and in 1953 (dealing with women) Sometimes it is very hard to do sex research some think research encourages people to start having sex, hard to get research ethics for it. Got the ball rolling with sex research in the usa. Homosexuality has been documented as far back as ancient greece (600 bc) and across many cultures (for both men and women) Male homosexuality seems to have a stronger genetic component than female homosexuality. Male homosexuality runs more strongly in families than female homosexuality. Young boys who express feminine behaviour are likely to become gay adults; young girls who express masculine behaviour in childhood are not likely to become lesbians in adulthood.