- The aim of this chapter has been to demonstrate beyond
doubt what Reisman had the intellectual courage to first point out, back
in 1981, that the most important and influential work on human sexuality
in the twentieth century was based on the rape of children.
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- This is a startling and profoundly shocking assertion
to make, which is why an entire chapter has been devoted to carefully documenting
the evidence for this statement. Kinsey's work, likened to the H-Bomb
when it was published and the source of innumerable citations, references,
comments and even jokes and songs, has formed the bedrock of all subsequent
academic studies on human sexuality: it would be almost impossible to find
an English-language book on human sexuality published since the 1950s which
did not mention Kinsey. No other academic in the field of sexology (and
precious few academics in any field) have been featured on the front cover
of Time magazine or have sold so many copies of an academic textbook.
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- As will be seen in the following chapter, Kinsey's work
has been continued and developed by other researchers and writers, and
his views on children's sexual nature from birth have been taken up with
gusto in certain quarters. As well as sexological studies, Kinsey's
work influenced legislation, the gay rights movement and the field of sex
education. It is possible therefore to state without equivocation that
Kinsey's work has been the most important and influential work on human
sexuality in the twentieth century. Kinsey's two reports on human sexuality
have deeply influenced science, the media, the law and public opinion.
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- It is also possible to show, from the evidence provided
in this chapter, that his work was based on the rape of children. The central
thesis of his work, as I understand it, is that the only 'abnormal' sex
is no sex; that the 'human animal' needs orgasms; and that the earlier
boys and girls have orgasms, the better for them throughout their life.
He based his two reports on human sexuality on these assertions and he
backed up his claims with the documentation of copious data. He regarded
Chapter Five in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, on 'Early Sexual
Growth and Activity', as central to his argument and referred frequently
to the data in it throughout the rest of his work.
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- The data for his assertions were obtained to some small
extent by adult recall during the taking of sex histories. However, substantial
parts of the data were obtained from the records and observations (apparently,
according to Gebhard, photographed and filmed) of adults 'manipulating'
children, aged from birth to adolescence. Under both national and international
legislation, this is (and was at the time) child sexual abuse. Where it
involves penetration, as it clearly did in some cases, it is (and was at
the time) rape. [Emphasis added]
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