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The Kinsey Report – Part 1 Conflicted: A History Podcast

    • History

In 1948, Dr. Alfred Kinsey wrote the book on sex. “The Kinsey Report”, as it came to be known, was a pioneering scientific study on the sexual habits of ordinary Americans. Divided into Male and Female Volumes, it challenged longstanding myths about sex and the religious ideology that upheld them. In this first installment of a three-part series, we explore the life, times and motivations of the enigmatic man behind the Kinsey Report – Dr. Alfred Kinsey. 

SOURCES:
Allen, Judith A. The Kinsey Institute: The First Seventy Years. 2017.
Brenot, Phillipe. The Story of Sex. 2016. 
D’Emilio, John. Freedman, Estelle. Intimate Matters: The History of Sexuality in America. 1988.
Donna J. Drucker, “‘A Noble Experiment’: The Marriage Course at Indiana University, 1938-1940,” IMH September 2007
Gary, Brett. Dirty Works. Obscenity on Trial in America’s First Sexual Revolution. 2021.
Hardy, Gathorne. Sex: The Measure of All Things: A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey. 1998.
Hegarty, Peter. Gentlemen’s Disagreement. 2013.
Jones, James H. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life. 1997.
Wimpee, Rachel. Iacobell, Teresa. “Funding a Sexual Revolution: The Kinsey Reports.” Jan 9 2020. Rockefeller Archive Center.
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In 1948, Dr. Alfred Kinsey wrote the book on sex. “The Kinsey Report”, as it came to be known, was a pioneering scientific study on the sexual habits of ordinary Americans. Divided into Male and Female Volumes, it challenged longstanding myths about sex and the religious ideology that upheld them. In this first installment of a three-part series, we explore the life, times and motivations of the enigmatic man behind the Kinsey Report – Dr. Alfred Kinsey. 

SOURCES:
Allen, Judith A. The Kinsey Institute: The First Seventy Years. 2017.
Brenot, Phillipe. The Story of Sex. 2016. 
D’Emilio, John. Freedman, Estelle. Intimate Matters: The History of Sexuality in America. 1988.
Donna J. Drucker, “‘A Noble Experiment’: The Marriage Course at Indiana University, 1938-1940,” IMH September 2007
Gary, Brett. Dirty Works. Obscenity on Trial in America’s First Sexual Revolution. 2021.
Hardy, Gathorne. Sex: The Measure of All Things: A Life of Alfred C. Kinsey. 1998.
Hegarty, Peter. Gentlemen’s Disagreement. 2013.
Jones, James H. Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life. 1997.
Wimpee, Rachel. Iacobell, Teresa. “Funding a Sexual Revolution: The Kinsey Reports.” Jan 9 2020. Rockefeller Archive Center.
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