What is Kinsey Reports?
The '''Kinsey Reports''' are two [[book]]s, published in 1948 and 1953 by [[Alfred Kinsey]] and his co-workers. The books ''Sexual Behaviour in the Human Male'' and ''Sexual Behaviour in the Human Female'', were based on thousands of interviews by Kinsey and his team. The books were shocking when they came out, as they talked about subjects that were [[taboo]]. It also questioned widely-held beliefs about sexuality. They were [[wikt:controversy|controversial]]. == Findings of the reports == Kinsey found the following, amongst other things: #''There are different [[sexual orientation]]s'': about 46% of [[man|men]] have ''reacted'' to both sexes; this means they are not completely [[heterosexual]]. 37% had at least one [[homosexual]] experience. About 10% were more or less openly homosexual. With [[woman|women]] these numbers are lower. About 7% of single women, and about 4% of the women had been married were about halfway on the scale (3 out of 6), more or less equally homosexual, and heterosexual. 2%-6% of married women, and 1-3% of unmarried women were more or less exclusively homosexual. #''[[Masturbation]] is common'': about 62% of women, and about 92% of men have used masturbation at least once. #''How often they have sex'': women reported to have had sex 2.8 times a week (in the late [[teenager|teens]]), 2.2 times a week by age 30, and once a week by age 50. #''[[Sadomasochism]]'': 12% of women, and 22% of men said they were sexually aroused by a sadomasochistic story. 55% of women, and 50% of men have had an erotic reaction when they were bitten. == Criticism == People said that the selection of the [[sample]] (those asked) was not well done. One in four were [[prisoner]]s, and 5% were male [[prostitute]]s. The institute, or location Kinsey did these tests, then did another such tests, without asking prisoners or prostitutes, and the findings were more or less the same. People also say that [[child abuse]] may have been involved when collecting the data.<!-- clarify - Kinsey did this or the respondean