Let’s talk about Sexual behavior in the human male: Kinsey and the invention of (post)modern sexualities

This European sociologist reconsiders Alfred C. Kinsey & his work in the mid-20th century in light of the social theory & writings of the latter part of the century & today, as well as in the portrayal of the man in the recent movie, Kinsey (2004). Michel Foucault (1980) rebuts the idea...

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Published in:Sexuality & culture 2006-12, Vol.10 (1), p.63-93
Main Author: Pryce, Anthony
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Abstinence
Europe
Foucault, Michel
Kinsey, Alfred Charles
Motivation
Sexual Behavior
Social Theories
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Summary:This European sociologist reconsiders Alfred C. Kinsey & his work in the mid-20th century in light of the social theory & writings of the latter part of the century & today, as well as in the portrayal of the man in the recent movie, Kinsey (2004). Michel Foucault (1980) rebuts the idea of sex as a "stubborn drive" that one cannot control, as well as the possibility of a meta-theory encompassing all manifestations of sexuality. Instead, he conceptualizes sexuality in all its complexity, contending that "sexual pleasure as an ethical substance continues to be governed by relations of force...it too undergoes, in the cultivation of the self, a certain modification: through the exercises of abstinence & control...the place allotted to self-knowledge becomes more important." J. Bristow (1997) opines that "the self-regulation of desires constitutes a liberating autonomy..." Other published criticisms of the Kinsey Reports & their social consequences ar.
ISSN:1095-5143
1936-4822
DOI:10.1007/s12119-006-1007-3