Sexual Behavior in the Human Female

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Sexual Behavior in the Human Female is a landmark 1953 scientific study by Alfred Kinsey and colleagues that systematically documented and analyzed the sexual practices and experiences of women in the United States.

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Sexual Behavior in the Human Female canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
scientific study
sexology book
associatedWith Kinsey Institute
author Alfred Kinsey
Clyde E. Martin
Paul H. Gebhard
Wardell B. Pomeroy
basedOn interviews
statistical analysis
controversial true
countryOfOrigin United States
criticizedFor moral implications by contemporaries
representativeness of sample
sampling methods
dataCollectionPeriod mid-20th century
follows Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
hasEdition hardcover
impactOn American cultural attitudes toward female sexuality
development of sexology as a discipline
influenced later sexological research
public discourse on sexuality
sex education debates
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification HQ29 .K56
mainFocus sexual experiences of women in the United States
sexual practices of women in the United States
nonFictionGenre scientific literature
sex research
nonFictionGenre social science
notableFor challenging prevailing sexual norms
systematic documentation of female sexual behavior
use of quantitative methods in sex research
pages 800+
partOf Kinsey Reports
placeOfPublication Philadelphia
precededBy Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
publicationDate 1953
publisher W. B. Saunders Company
researchMethod face-to-face interviews
large-scale survey
setting United States
subject female sexuality
human sexuality
sexology
sexual behavior
timePeriodDescribed early 20th century United States

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Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey notableWork Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
Alfred Kinsey notableWork Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
Kinsey Reports hasPart Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male followedBy Sexual Behavior in the Human Female