We are the recorders and reporters of facts – not the judges of the behaviors we describe.
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| Birth: | 23rd June, 1894 |
| Death: | 25th August, 1956 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Biologist, Professor |
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Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. He is best known for writing Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, also known as the Kinsey Reports, as well as the Kinsey scale. Kinsey's research on human sexuality, foundational to the field of sexology, provoked controversy in the 1940s and 1950s. His work has profoundly influenced social and cultural values in the United States, as well as internationally. Kinsey died on August 25, 1956, at the age of 62.
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