Alfred Kinsey: Liberator or Pervert? (New York Times link, I hope you know the drill by now.)
A newish movie explores the life of
Alfred Kinsey, sex researcher and founder of the
Kinsey Institute.
Kinsey was author of the controversial book
Sexual Behavior In The Human Male. The controversy has blossomed oh these many years later with accusations that Kinsey's work is
fraudulent, and conducive to
child based porn and fantasy. The ultra-right seems obsessed with
sexualizing his research in terms of "protecting the children". His observations have been linked to the
addictive, destructive nature of pornography, that twists our notions of sex and love, and even enables the sexual abuse of college students in class. (Yeah, I know, that last sounds kinky, doesn't it?)
posted by Wulfgar!
on Oct 5, 2004 -
11 comments
Lisa Gier King - 'clearly willing and consensual sexual intercourse'
'Yahraus has consistently maintained that his sexual relations with King were consensual, a view shared by the police, the state attorney's office and the court'
or institutional
misogyny?
Difficult to
comment without seeing the film. Will releasing this film help either
case?
Hard to find anything online from the alternative viewpoint
posted by asok
on Jan 30, 2002 -
4 comments