Word: kinseys
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Both from the statistical and scientific point of view the Kinsey reports don't hold water," Willem Pinard, chairman of the Department of Psychology at Boston University, told a Social Relations Society audience yesterday...
...Kinsey has received so much publicity only because of the "psychological somersault" his sexual research reports present, Pinard said. In contrast to the popular concept that women are slow in sexual response, Kinsey has implied that men actually require a larger preliminary amount of stimulus...
...addition, Kinsey's claim that pregnancy and venereal disease can be avoided in intercourse has upset common beliefs on the subject, Pinard said...
...Kinsey tries to make out that the world is sexed up, but in my opinion it is not.... What the world needs is love. Love is the solution to all the problems of man, including the H-bomb," Pinard continued...
Pinard also raised several statistical objections to Kinsey's research techniques, claiming that religious denominational factors were disregarded in the choice of sections of the country for interviews. Kinsey's method of asking for volunteers to fill out his questionnaires is questionable, Pinard said. That way, you can never tell how many nymphomaniacs and sterile school teachers will be answering the questions," he explained...