The Kinsey Report – Part 1

Conflicted: A History Podcast

Zach Cornwell

Society & Culture, Education, History

4.8 • 610 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:57.1	Hello and welcome to conflicted, the history podcast where we talk about the struggles that shaped us, the tough questions that they pose and why we should care about any of it.
1:06.7	Conflicted is a member of the Evergreen podcast network. And as always, I'm your host, Zach Cornwell.
1:12.4	You are listening to the first episode in a three-part series about a topic that has been on my list since I started conflicted four years ago.
1:20.0	In fact, I think it'll probably be one of the more challenging series we've ever done because it concerns one of the most controversial and contested subjects in modern life,
1:28.3	sex. Today, we're going to be exploring the work, life, and cultural impact of Dr. Alfred
1:34.0	Kinsey. Often described as the father of the sexual revolution, Alfred Kinsey was an American
1:39.5	biologist who authored a pioneering study on human sexuality in the late 1940s.
1:45.0	Released in the form of two massive books, each focusing on male and female behavior, respectively,
1:50.0	the study became known as the Kinsey Report.
1:53.0	And few scientific books have caused a bigger cultural stir than the Kinsey Report.
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