Did Alfred Kinsey just start a whole bunch of trouble way back in 1948? To what extent do you think he changed things?
Was society changed for the better or worse in your opinion?
**In my opinion, gay people would probably have had a much harder struggle, and western society would be somewhat more prudish, yet somehow there might have been some positive results from the hypothetical idea that Kinsey never did the research that he did. If I had to weigh it, I would say, that it's a good thing that he did what he did.**
4 Answers to "Did Alfred Kinsey just start a whole bunch of trouble way back in 1948? To what extent do you think he changed things?"
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Well, the most important thing that Kinsey did was that he showed the world that you can do legitimate, rigorous scientific research into human sexuality. You could do the research, get it published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal, and your fellow scientists would still talk to you afterwards. No one had ever managed to do that before, mostly because they were afraid to.
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True. I think he made a bigger impact on society than a lot of people realize.
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Better. But, we are still going through the infancy of our sexual enlightenment.
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I have to agree. Hopefully we're evolving and not devolving.
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Hugh Hefner and Playboy amplified the whole thing.
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I was just wondering how much he and Masters and Johnson contributed to the relaxing of moral standards and the era of 'free love'.
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Posted by Dave002 Mar 15th, 2013 at 8:48PM
I think he opened people's eyes about human sexuality and made a positive difference. Had he not had the courage to pursue his research, I think there would be a lot more ignorance out there and a whole lot of people with less satisfying sex lives. He really was a pioneer.
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