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Meno to Mr. Nichols from Me. Aw Jones | May 10, 1948 RE: BOOK REVIEW ; ; Kinsey and hts associates describe their report ~ as "an attempt to accumulate an objectively determined body of fact about sex which strictly avoids soctal or moral . interpretations of the fact." -— mt Within ten weeks after the publication of Kinsey's - — report, his name was a byword in the American household. - A Gallup poll reflected that within two months after publi- cation one out of every five Americans had either heard of the book or read tt. That in itself is a phenomenon in book publishing circles. - os This book is the first of a series planned. The | complete set is as follows: Ot a oe 1. Sexual Behavior tn the Human Male 2. Serual Behavior in the Human Female — 3. Sexual Factors in Marttal Adjustment 4. Legal Aspects of Ser Behavior | 5S. The Heterosexzual-Homosexual Balance 6. Sexual Adjustments in Institutional Populations 7. Prostitution 8. Sex Education _— a . 9. Other Spectal Problems Kinsey states that from the dawn of human history, men have left a record of their sexual activities through drawings, books and other methods and yet, scientists have avoided tnvestigations of human sexuality. He includes a bibltography of over 500 books on the subject to prove that human sexuality ts one of the most poorly explored fields in biology, psychology or soctology. - Co Typtcal of the data contained in this book ts the followings ae : “ A number of persons interutewed turned in sexual calendars and diaries showing thetr day-to-day activities over some period of time. The calendars cover pertods which range from siz months to thirty-five years; and they clearly indicate the monthly periodicity of sezrual responsiveness in | the female, and the lack of any such pertodictty tn the males Kinsey urges all persons who have kept day by day calendars showing the frequencies and the sources of their serual outlet, to place the accumulated data at his disposal for further studye cep EG EN A AE EG PO RA EA re an pn TY RI A ta oe