SOCIOL 2Q06 Chapter Notes -Kinsey Scale, Gender Role, Social Theory
16 Dec 2013
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American biologist and professor of entomology and zoology. Founded in 1947 the institute for sex research at indiana state university. Kinsey scale (0-6) where 0 is exclusively heterosexual and 6 is exclusively heterosexual and 6 is exclusively homosexual. Sexual behavior of the human male (1948) Sexual behavior of the human female (1953) Survey over 8000 college students at 20 american schools and two canadian. Gage a sense of self- identification in sexual orientation, attraction, sexual fantasies. Survey was like a measure of how attracted to a given sex you are (fantasy"s, how long do you fantasize) as well as, have you had sex with a given sex and how many times, did you climax. Researchers quantify sexual orientation, not just one or the other but a continuum. 90% of people said they are straight actually also said they fantasized about sex with members of the same sex. Right from birth they are wrapped in a pink/blue blanket)
