FROM EROTOLOGY TO KINSEY By Sharon Claire Danny
FROM EROTOLOGY TO KINSEY By: Sharon, Claire, Danny, Mimi
EROTOLO GY
Erotological Writing Kama Sutra - Kama means sensual or sexual pleasure - Sutra literally means a thread or line that holds things together - An ancient Indian Hindu text widely considered to be the standard work on human sexual behavior - Content
Kama Sutra Later graphic presentation of an originally verbal text
Erotological Writing Joy of Sex (1972) - The book features sexual practices such as oral sex and various sex positions as well as bringing "farther out" practices such as sexual bondage and swinging to the attention of the general public. The best-known how-to book for sex, heterosexual sex.
The Joy of Gay Sex
The Whole Lesbian Sex Book
Erotological Art
Erotica in Popular Culture Magazine Pornography Broadcasting and Television Movies
Kinsey’s Research Kinsey Scale (1948) - a scale measuring sexual orientation 0 ----------> 6 + 7 heterosexual homosexual asexual 0 Exclusively heterosexual 1 Predominantly heterosexual, only incidentally homosexual 2 Predominantly heterosexual, but more than incidentally homosexual Equally heterosexual and homosexual (bisexual) 3 4 Predominantly homosexual, but more than incidentally heterosexual Predominantly homosexual, only incidentally heterosexual 5 6 Exclusively homosexual
Kinsey Reports Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953) Topics : Human sexual behavior Findings :
Male Sexual Orientation 1. 10% of homosexuality in the general population 2. nearly 46% of the male subjects had "reacted" sexually to persons of both sexes in the course of their adult lives 3. 37% of the male subject had at least one homosexual experience 4. 11. 6% of white males (ages 20– 35) were given a rating of 3 5. 10% of American males surveyed were "more or less exclusively homosexual for at least three years between the ages of 16 and 55"
Female Sexual Orientation 1. 7% of single females (ages 20– 35) and 4% of previously married females (ages 20– 35) were given a rating of 3 2. 2 to 6% of females, aged 20– 35, were more or less exclusively homosexual in experience/response 3. 1 to 3% of unmarried females aged 20– 35 were exclusively homosexual in experience/response
Marital Coitus Women late teens - 2. 8 times a week by age 30 - 2. 2 times a week by age 50 - 1. 0 times a week by age 50 Extramarital experience 50% of all married males had the experience 26% of females had extramarital sex by their forties between 1 / 6 ~ 1 / 10 females from age 26 to 50 were engaged in extramarital sex couples who have lived together for at least a year as "married", inflating the statistics for extra -marital sex
Sadomasochism -- 12% of females and 22% of males reported having an erotic response to a sadomasochistic story
THANKS FOR LISTENING! Power. Point by Mimi
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