EARLY RESEARCH ON SEXUALITY
Sexuality is a central aspect of being human, and an essential feature of life – impacting the general well-being and overall quality of life. It is also vital for understanding and defining the concept of sexual health. Although sex and sexuality have been the topics of interest of many artists, writers, painters and musicians throughout human history, scientific research on human sexuality did not begin until 19th century. The commencement of the modern era of sex research was marked by Alfred Kinsey, an American biologist, who published two statistics-packed volumes on human sexuality, Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male and Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female. These Kinsey Reports, as the books have been referred
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The interview database to this day remains the most comprehensive in its scope, due to Kinsey’s exceptionally skilful interview technique and careful scrutiny in categorising data (Bancroft et al. 1997). This ground-breaking research did not, however, bring about an era of systematic and careful research, and the onset of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s has shown how poor and insufficient our knowledge about sexuality really was, not only in the developing world, but in the modern, developed world as well (Gagnon 1988). Suddenly it became crucial to collect reliable data on sexual behaviour to estimate the scale of the epidemic and the likely extent of the future spread of HIV. In order to assess the type of prevention activities required, plans for a national probability sample survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles across Britain were made in 1986. Despite the then prime minister’s veto for funding – motivated by the argument that sexual behaviour is too private to be a subject of research – the project went ahead with funding from the Wellcome Trust, and Natsal-1 (National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles) was carried out (Mercer et al. …show more content…
The early 1990s saw the emergence of studies examining the relationship between job demands reported by one partner, usually a working man, and the satisfaction of their spouse, usually a stay-at-home woman. Poor psychological well-being and marital dissatisfaction were associated with partner’s high levels of work stressors (Jones 1993 a; Jones et al. 1993 b; Jones & Fletcher 1996). A person’s overall levels of happiness can be affected by their satisfaction with their marriage or intimate relationship, and this in turn is often heavily influenced by levels of sexual satisfaction. The notion that marital and sexual satisfaction are related was confirmed in a study investigating the relationship between stress and sexual relationships (Morokoff & Gillilland 1993), and sexual expression (high levels of sexual activity and a satisfied sexuality expressed by both partners) has been indicated one of three factors predicting relationship satisfaction (Sprecher et al.
Sex was such a horrible topic to talk about, but a biologist of Indiana University introduced a scale that broke the silence. The silence changed due to this biologist named Alfred C. Kinsey (1894-1956). Kinsey broke the silence because before the scale everyone would keep their sexual orientation to themselves and most likely did not tell anyone. In other words, he was a great influence to people because since then people have become a bit more open about themselves. The importance of Kinsey is that he has conducted several of researches. For instance, on one of his research he found out that many people had sexual experiences with both female
· What sex researcher theorized that sexual orientation could be delineated on one basic continuum, broken down into seven parts? (Page 221) Alfred Kinsey
Albert Kinsey helped change the American Public’s preconceptions on sexuality by publishing two bestselling books from 1947 to 1953 on the topic. Titled “American Sexual Behavior” and “Sexual Behavior in the Human Female”, these books both confirmed and challenged the generally held beliefs dealing with marriage, sexual gratification, and sexual orientation. Sex was deemed important for a healthy marriage, adultery was frequent and homosexuals weren’t weird anomalies.
The reading of “Alfred Kinsey and the Kinsey Report”, it really point out interesting opinion and reports, that he had throughout his life. Many of his surveys, opinions, and research put him in a fight with other other professional’s opinion, such psychiatrists, educators, physicians that dominate this subjects of sexual activities. Kinsey strategy was to interview people in order to obtain information from cases that help him to find these number that helps him to find a conclusion in sex behavior activities. One of the tactics that he had that help him was the “seven-point bipolar scale” (Kinsey, 58). This method helps him to find the answers to their questions in an in a controversial way on how he collected his information with topics
Alfred Kinsey’s extensive research into sexual orientation has brought about some of the greatest and perhaps most controversial findings of the 20th century. His findings range from sexual activities to sexual orientation, including “facts” that were considered shocking at the time of their publication, such as 10% of men are gay and almost half men have had adulterous affairs, etc. Not only have they changed the ways people view sex and sexual ethnics in the U.S., but these findings are also still deeply embedded in the public imagination. However, a closer look at the great man’s research reveals some major flaws. Even though nobody has yet been able to replicate the research due to its magnitude, in the 21st century, we have other approaches to explore the same field, the results of which both confirm and challenge Alfred Kinsey’s findings.
Kinsey’s rise was slow and steady. Mostly due to his diligent work on a topic that almost seemed forbidden to talk about at the time. A concept that was once attributed for just married couples. Many people at the time believed that sex was only for wedded couples, leaving no room for objection. People of the time scoffed at ideas such as premarital sex, homosexuality and other sexuality that appeared peculiar. Kinsey changed American culture and a created a media frenzy when he released his first work, “Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.” Which he then went on several interviews, discussions and panels to discuss sex. Kinsey was a Harvard-educated zoologist who enjoyed studying gull wasps it was not until he met his spunky yet witty wife, Clara “Mac” McMillen that he became interested in the idea of sex. While teaching and experimenting he realized that there was science evidence behind sex and behavior. When
In the article, author Vern L. Bullough provided an in-depth look at the research done by sexologist Alfred Kinsey and explaining the contributions he made in the field. The article claimed how Kinsey studied taboo topics and interviewed his students about their lives, a practice never conceived of being done before. The author explained how Kinsley’s controversial work was challenged by Thurman Rice, a, “bacteriology professor who had written extensively on sex, primarily from the view of eugenics” (Bullough 56). These claims were meant to display how society viewed sex as a topic that was not an area of interest for many, but the research done by Kinsley helped push the boundary on the topic and inspire other sexologists to pursue the field.
Focusing on just natural clarifications of human conduct, the Biological Theory trusts that physiological variables tremendously affect sexual conduct. Scholars regularly take a gander at anomalous hormonal and androgenic levels in the body and cerebrum to depict freak sexual practices as in rising hormones are identified with physical changes that advance sexual excitement, climax, discharge, and other sexual movement. "In spite of the fact that a survey of natural studies indicates clashing results about the relationship between
Kinsey is considered a pioneer of modern sexuality, consequently his groundbreaking research forever altered the opinions of sexual behavior. His radial and scandalous views of sex were widely distributed to the masses through the publication of his two books. These books discussed the sex practices of men and women, including
In the movie, Kinsey, it was obvious that society had a lack of knowledge about sex and about people’s sexual activities. Alfred Kinsey changed the way that people thought about sex. He did an important and monumental thing informing people and answering people’s questions about sex. At one point in the movie it showed Kinsey reading a script from the bible where boys were supposed to control their nocturnal emissions, a natural and uncontrollable act of puberty, or they would be looked down upon by God. A quote from the movie “it is the lord’s work to help youth fight and resist temptation.” I agree with the movie in that the more a behavior is prohibited the more strongly it becomes desired. (add more here)
Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, revealing to the public that homosexuality is far more widespread than was commonly believed.
Human sexuality is a common phrase for all, and anything, pertaining to the feelings and behaviors of sex for the human race. Sexuality has been a topic that has been discussed and studied for as far back as 1000 years B.C. and is still being studied today. As the discussion of sexuality has progressed through history, theories have been created based on research and experiments that scholars have implemented, based on their own perceptions of human behavior. Out of the many theories that pose to explain sexual behavior, Sexuality Now explained ten that are seemed to be the most overlapped, and built off of theories. Of these theories, two that were discussed in the text were the behavioral and sociological theory. These two theories cover some of the basic ideas of what could possibly influence a person’s sexuality.
Sex. It is everywhere. We see in television shows. In magazines. On the Internet. But sex is still seen as a taboo subject in our society. I believe that being educated about sexuality is vitally important to one health. Understanding one’s body and how it impacts your life. To understand how your beliefs about sexuality and sex have developed one needs to look back over the years and how your beliefs were engrained in your life. This essay will be based on my reflection by looking back on my sexual history on how and what have significantly impacted my development of sexuality. The focus will be on my reflection of answering the sexual history questions and how I have changed and developed over the years. It is important to analyze and reflect to understand how I came to be today, that the past has created my ideas and beliefs about sex and sexuality that have shaped me.
This paper aims to produce evidence that sexual activity is relevant to the older adult population and that healthcare workers should play a role in addressing the sexual health and functioning of these individuals. Several articles will be reviewed along with evidence from other sources to present an argument for this purpose.
According to Maslow, “Sex may be studied as a purely physiological need, but ordinarily sexual behavior is multi-determined” (Maslow, 1943). In other words, there are numerous forces encouraging us to participate in sexual activity. These can consist of the necessity for affection and love, and that means equally giving and receiving love. Of course, this would mean everyone is unalike and there would be a tremendous inconsistency in human sexuality which is our sexual activities, attitudes and behaviors, (Licht, Hull, & Ballantyne, 375). To grasp the complexity of human sexuality, we must comprehend the basic physiology of the sexual response. William Masters and Virginia Johnson laboratory