November 26, 2004
Living Libido Loca: a Kinsey Report
Since the Puritans and Hester Prynne, a gap between cultural norms and actual sexual behavior has been a constant and problematic feature of American life. Illuminating this gap was the great contribution of Alfred C. Kinsey, a gall-wasp expert who evolved into the 20th-century's pre-eminent sex researcher. Beneath the country's post-Victorian corset of restraint, he found masturbation, homosexuality, pre- and extramarital sex, and even more startling behavior, including bestiality, incest,
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