"The very general occurrence of the homosexual in……" — Alfred Kinsey
"The very general occurrence of the homosexual in ancient Greece, and its wide occurrence today in some cultures in which such activity is not taboo suggests that the capacity of an individual to respond erotically to any sort of stimulus, whether it is provided by another person of the same or opposite sex, is basic in the species."
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Alfred Kinsey
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15 Quotes by Alfred Kinsey
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Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and…
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If biologists so often forget the most universal of all biologic principles [variation], it is not surprising that men and…
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It is amazing to observe how many psychologists and psychiatrists have accepted this sort of propaganda, and have come to…
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If all persons with any trace of homosexual history, or those who were predominantly homosexual, were eliminated from the population…
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Males do not represent two discrete populations, heterosexual and homosexual. The world is not to be divided into sheeps and…
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The history of medicine proves that in so far as man seeks to know himself and face his whole nature,…
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Few males achieve any real freedom in their sexual relations even with their wives. Few males realise how badly inhibited…
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Cheese crumbs spread before a pair of copulating rats will distract the female but not the male.
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The heterosexuality or homosexuality of many individuals is not an all-or-none proposition.
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The range of variation in the female far exceeds the range of variation in the male.
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There is a tendency to consider anything in human behavior that is unusual, not well known, or not well understood,…
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Only the human mind invents categories and tries to force facts into separated pigeonholes.
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