Word: sexuality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...befits civilized people to relegate the sexual deviate to the unhappy position of the outcast and the criminal . . . Articles such as yours will go a long way to help us face the problem squarely and thereby to assist the unfortunate individuals caught . . . in the mesh of their own emotions...
...Kinsey's Sexual Behavior in the Human Female, which was expected by booksellers to sell 1,000,000 copies, is a comparative flop. Though 210,000 copies have been bought (v. 280,000 printed), the demand has dropped sharply, and many book stores are now overloaded...
Statistics v. Potato Bugs. "The major misconception of our sex-centered culture is one that would be funny if it weren't so nearly tragic. It is the idea that the measure of a man-or a woman-can be taken in terms of his or her sexual efficiency. It is easy to see how this concept might occur to a biologist. These scientists spend their lives studying lower forms of life -animals, insects and plants-and they quickly observed that the entire life cycle of a potato bug or a fruit fly is devoted to insuring the survival...
...have gotten the impression that the cause of most unhappiness is a low sexual charge and that to become sexually active and skillful is a sure cure for al most anything. It is not going too far to say that a large portion of the U.S. population regards sex. today with the same simple faith that their great-grandparents reserved for snake...
...Well, it is time we got off it. Many scientists are already wondering whether or not there is a connection between the shaky status of our sexual morality and the rise in the rate of crime, suicide, juvenile delinquency and insanity. Personally, I believe there...