Influence Of Sexual Behavior In The Human Male By Alfred Kinsey

Alfred Kinsey was a professor of zoology at Indiana University in the late 1940s and during his career he began to take on an interest in the sexuality of living organisms, specifically in human sexuality. He published a book titled Sexual Behavior in the Human Male which became a huge success but his research methods, especially given the time period, were viewed as questionable and sometimes even unethical. The movie Kinsey tells the story of how he became interested in human sexuality and the beginning of his research in the subject. What was defined as normal sexual behavior in the 1940s usually very modest behavior and was sometimes very taboo to talk about openly. From his observation, most sexual education was given in the form of pseudoscience, misinformation or even pure myth. Teachers typically discouraged any form of masturbation, pre-marital sex or any other sexual activity that wasn’t for purely procreation. Kinsey, being a biologist, viewed sexuality as part of nature and that proper education on the subject was critical to dismissing the taboo of sexuality. Kinsey sought to catalog the sexuality of humans by conducting questionnaires, polls and interviews with hundreds of different people in an attempt to discover certain trends and …show more content…
Memories of certain events can greatly influence our tendencies and world view later on in life. Some of these events can be positive and some can be negative. In the case of Alfred Kinsey, his mistake was he did not understand the emotional attachment our brain can create. He overlooked any link of sexual behavior and past events in someone’s life. Our brain influences us greatly: attachment, emotion, love are all tendencies created by the incredibly complex nature of the human brain. Gaining a better understanding of the human brain will guide us to better understand not only our own sexuality but also ourselves as a