Ajax wrote on Dec 1
st, 2017 at 1:06pm:
Mattyfisk wrote on Dec 1
st, 2017 at 10:11am:
A "petermeter" is a tool that measures the girth of the penis. It detects the most minor blood flow after subjects have been shown sexy photos. It's often used to test paedophiles and sex offenders.
Petermeters have been used to test thousands of men about their sexual desire. They measure physiological response, not what people say.
Your article above shows other problems with Kinsey's research, but I'm not so sure that his first book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, tested a majority of criminals. His original subjects were students. He then moved onto other groups. Criminal populations did not make up the bulk of his research, particularly for his next book, Sexual Behavior in the Human Female. His research for the Kinsey Reports used a wide cross-section of subjects, and his findings were broken down into these groups.
Not one thing Kinsey wrote is a valid source of information, about women he used prostitutes and women that weren't married but had lived with a man for up to a year.
Hardly your typical married woman
Kinsey's work influenced the law about rapists and paedophiles giving them leaner sentences.
So did Hugh Heffner's. In the 60s, Heffner discovered a man who'd been jailed for 6 years for receiving a blowjob from his girlfriend. Playboy campaigned and won his release.
Back then, state (and county) statutes included sex acts we now find completely normal. In many states, anything other than intercourse with your wife, missionary-style, could be prosecuted and bring serious jail time.
So yes, unless you're a silly old curtain-peeper, Kinsey's advocacy is a cause for celebration, not condemnation.