Kinsey: Sex the Measure of All Things
"... a sympathetic, insightful and highly readable story.... Gathorne-Hardy\ ... shows us a very human and fallible but ultimately likable Kinsey, impatient and irritable at times, stubborn, willful, certainly a monomaniac about his research interests, whether gall wasps or human sexuality." —New York Times Book Review\ "... revises [the] revisionism and presents Kinsey in an altogether more favorable light... a humane and indefatigable sex educator, as well as an unfairly maligned martyr of...
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A moving and humane portrait of one of the last century's great researchers and social reformers. Frank, often witty, but always fair, Gathorne-Hardy presents not just a series of new revelations, but whole new aspects of Kinsey.
Preface to the Paperback EditionvPreface to the American EditionviiAcknowledgmentsixIllustrationsxiiiPart ILaying the Patterns: 1903-201Childhood in Hoboken: 1894-190332South Orange to Bowdoin College: 1903-14113College--and First Appearance of the Gall Wasp: 1914-2035Part IIBloomington, Galls, Marriage--First Steps into Sex Research: 1920-394The Married Professor555Sex Life826Gall Wasp Triumph1007The Marriage Course1208A Brief History of Sex Research151Part IIISex: The Male Volume9How to Get at the Truth16510Money, Support, Attacks--The Shape of Things to Come: 1941-318511Kinsey at his Exercise: 1943-420112Racing for the Male Report: 1944-722913Writing the Male Volume--Science and Self-expression: 194725514Publication: Criticism, Praise, Success!269Part IVSex: The Female Volume15Money--Branching Out--Kinsey's Sexual Experiments: 1948-928916Expansion--and Discovering the Female: 1949-5031017Filming--'Philosophy'--Women--Writing--Wescott: 1950-133318Bisexuality--and the Case Against Kinsey35519Writing and Publication of the Female Volume--Science as Sex and Literature37020The Paper Explosion394Part VDecline and Fall21Money--and Deterioration: 1953-540522Europe: October-December 195542023Death43024Conclusions439Appendix A455Appendix B456Appendix C459Brief Note on Sources463References465Published Works by Alfred C. Kinsey493Bibliography495Index501
