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Alfred Kinsey. Alfred Charles Kinsey ( / ˈkɪnzi /; June 23, 1894 – August 25, 1956) was an American sexologist, biologist, and professor of entomology and zoology who, in 1947, founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University, [1] now known as the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.
Kinsey. (film) Kinsey is a 2004 American biographical drama film written and directed by Bill Condon. [3] It describes the life of Alfred Charles Kinsey (played by Liam Neeson ), a pioneer in the area of sexology.
Jan 7, 2005 · With Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Chris O'Donnell, Peter Sarsgaard. A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey, a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.
Sep 15, 2022 · Alfred Kinsey was born on June 23, 1894, in Hoboken, New Jersey. In 1938, he launched a sex studies program. In 1947, he incorporated under the name, the Institute for Sex Research, Inc. In 1948...
The beginnings of The Kinsey Institute can be traced to 1938 when the Association of Women Students petitioned Indiana University for a course for students who were married or contemplating marriage. Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey, a Harvard-trained professor of zoology, was asked to coordinate the course.
Kinsey’s inquiries into human sex life led him to found the institute and to publish Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948), in which the Kinsey scale first appeared, and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953).
Today, psychologists at what is now called the Kinsey Institute are conducting research that is far different from Kinsey's project of creating a taxonomy of human sexual behavior.
