A.C. Kinsey & W.B. Pomeroy & C.E. Martin – Sexual Behavior in the Human Male

Publisher: W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, 1948 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, statistical study published in 1948 by A.C. Kinsey and his associates W.B. Pomeroy and C.E. Martin, the first of its kind. Both this work and Kinsey’s Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953) relied on personal interviews. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male created a sensation; although it was intended for a professional readership and was largely statistical in format, in the year of its publication it ranked fourth among nonfiction best sellers in the United States. The studies have since been widely criticized for sampling irregularities and because of the often unreliable nature of personal interviews.When published in 1948 this volume encountered a storm of condemnation and acclaim. It is, however, a milestone on the path toward a scientific approach to the understanding of human sexual behavior. Dr. Alfred C. Kinsey and his fellow researchers sought to accumulate an objective body of facts regarding sex. They employed first hand interviews to gather this data. This volume is based upon histories of approximately 5,300 males which were collected during a fifteen year period. This text describes the methodology, sampling, coding, interviewing, statistical analyses, and then examines factors and sources of sexual outlet.