Alfred Kinsey

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Alfred Kinsey

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1894 - 1956

Occupation

Medicine

Description

Renowned sexologist, founder of the 'Institute for Sex Research' at Indiana University, now known as the 'Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction'. Creator of the Kinsey Scale, which ranks an individuals propensity for same sex attraction on a scale of 1 to 6: 0 is exclusively heterosexual and 6 is exclusively homosexual. Author of the Kinsey Reports, and several books on the topic of sexualty, comprised of 'Sexual Behavior in the Human Male' (1948) and 'Sexual Behavior in the Human Female' (1953). Bisexual.

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