1894-1956. US researcher, whose studies of
male and female sexual behaviour 1948-53,
based on questionnaires, were the first
serious published research on this topic. The
Institute for Sex Research at Indiana
University, founded 1947, continues the
objective study of human sexual behaviour.
Many misconceptions, social class
differences, and wide variations in practice
and expectations have been discovered as a
result of Kinsey's work.