Kinsey
Human sexuality pioneer
Kinsey refers to Alfred Kinsey, the American biologist who pioneered the scientific study of human sexuality in the mid-twentieth century.
His research produced the Kinsey Reports, groundbreaking studies of sexual behavior in men and women.
The Kinsey scale, ranging from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual), remains widely referenced: Where do you fall on the Kinsey scale?
Attracted to opposite sex
- homosexualAttracted to same gender
- bisexualAttracted to multiple genders
- spectrumContinuous range of values
- continuumUninterrupted, gradual sequence
rating · orientation · fluidity · sexuality · measurement · classification · gradation · self-identification
Manner of conducting oneself
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- desireIntense wanting
- attractionPull toward something
eroticism · intimacy · arousal · orgasm · frequency · outlet · premarital · extramarital
Systematic data collection
- interviewFormal questioning session
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- dataFacts for analysis
- statisticsCollected numerical information
sample · publication · findings · questionnaire · taxonomy · empirical · longitudinal · respondent
Cultural or social prohibition
- criticismJudgment of faults
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
- moralityRight and wrong principles
censorship · ethics · debate · objection · scandal · opposition · provocative · sensational
Indiana city with major university
- IndianaMidwestern state, nineteenth admitted
- archiveStored historical records
- libraryBook collection or building
- collectionGathered set of items
foundation · sexology · repository · endowment · staff · director · funding · academic
heterosexual
Attracted to opposite sex
- homosexualAttracted to same gender
- bisexualAttracted to multiple genders
- spectrumContinuous range of values
continuum · rating · orientation · fluidity · sexuality · measurement · classification · gradation · self-identification · exclusive
behavior
Manner of conducting oneself
- orientationPosition relative to surroundings
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- desireIntense wanting
attraction · eroticism · intimacy · arousal · orgasm · frequency · outlet · premarital · extramarital · masturbation
survey
Systematic data collection
- interviewFormal questioning session
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- dataFacts for analysis
statistics · sample · publication · findings · questionnaire · taxonomy · empirical · longitudinal · respondent · tabulation
taboo
Cultural or social prohibition
- criticismJudgment of faults
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- conservativeCautious about altering customs
morality · censorship · ethics · debate · objection · scandal · opposition · provocative · sensational · disputed
Bloomington
Indiana city with major university
- IndianaMidwestern state, nineteenth admitted
- archiveStored historical records
- libraryBook collection or building
collection · foundation · sexology · repository · endowment · staff · director · funding · academic · scholarship
- Sexologists
- sexualitysexual orientation, sexual behavior, erotica, sexual identity, bisexual
- intellectualsscholar, intellectual, academic, thinker, philosopher
- psychosexualitylibido, sexuality, sexual orientation, heterosexuality, homosexuality
Kinseymoralist
One preaching right conduct
Victorian prudery · purity culture · Moral Majority · social conservative
KinseySigmund Freud
- kinship terminologyWords designating family relations
- spiritual kinshipNonphysical closeness between people
- kinship tiesBonds linking relatives together
- Kinsey ReportPioneering human sexuality surveys
- Kinsey scaleSexuality rating system
- kinship groupRelatives as collective unit