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...babies are made; the rest can make a fair guess. As for any further knowledge about the mythology of sex -- not to say the more esoteric "facts of life" -- most Americans are shamefully ignorant. That is the conclusion of a new report published last week by Indiana University's Kinsey Institute, the pioneering experts in sexology. The 540-page book The Kinsey Institute New Report on Sex (St. Martin's; $22.95) combines Kinsey's research with the results of a Roper poll of 2,000 adults who were asked 18 true-or-false and multiple-choice questions about...
...American women, how many would you estimate have ever masturbated?" (six to eight); "What percentage of women engage in anal sex?" (30% to 40%); "What do you think is the average length of a man's erect penis?" (five to seven inches). Still, as Kinsey shows, the level of actual knowledge suggests that the great sexual revolution of the late '60s was vastly over-rated. Of women 30 to 44, only 55% got a passing grade on the test (10 correct answers); of men in the same age group, only 52% did. Men got more correct answers on matters...
...book, says psychobiologist June Reinisch, head of the Kinsey Institute and co-author of the report with Ruth Beasley, is designed to be a "friendly encyclopedia," telling readers in question-and-answer format everything they ever wanted to know about sex but were too shy to ask. "Most people are pretty ignorant about sex," explains Reinisch. "They believe they know everything they need to know. If you believe you know something, you don't even go looking for answers." Some questions may seem trivial, she concedes, but all deal with vital information that can affect health and well-being...
...largest study is the Shanghai Sex Sociological Research Center's National Sex Civilization Survey. Using 500 volunteer social workers, the center obtained responses from 23,000 people in 15 provinces to a 240-question survey. The project is the Chinese equivalent of Alfred Kinsey's landmark studies of sexual behavior in the U.S. Liu Dalin, the study's director and China's best-known sexologist, agreed to discuss his findings with TIME before they are published. Results from a smaller survey of 1,279 men and women in 41 cities, conducted by sociologist Pan Suiming of the People's University...
There are some sharp challenges to the poll's roseate view of American wedlock. Says June Reinisch, director of the Kinsey Institute in Bloomington, Ind.: "We estimate that approximately 37% of married men and 29% of married women have at least one extramarital affair." A survey conducted by Lillian Rubin, a sociologist at Queens College in New York City, shows a 40% infidelity rate for spouses. Greeley and Harris have two explanations for the disparity between their poll's results and the conventional wisdom: 1) most sexual surveys are either obsolete or unscientific; 2) people are victims of what...