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Sexual Behavior in the Human Female

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Alfred C. Kinsey, Wardell B. Pomeroy, Clyde E. Martin, and Paul H. Gebhard
1998
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Originally published in 1953, the material presented in Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women; from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology. The study revealed the incidence and frequency with which women participate in various types of sexual activity and how such factors as age, decade of birth, and religious adherence are reflected in patterns of sexual behavior. The authors make comparisons of female and male sexual activities and investigate the factors which account for the similarities and differences between female and male patterns of behavior and provide some measure of the social significance of the various types of sexual behavior.

Table of Contents

Title Page, Copyright

Alfred Kinsey's Work 50 Years Later

pp. a-r

Foreword

pp. vii-viii

Acknowledgments

pp. ix-x

Table of Contents

pp. xi-xviii

List of Tables

pp. xix-xxv

List of Figures

pp. xxvi-xxx

Part I. History and Method

Chapter 1. Scope of the Study

pp. 3-21

Chapter 2. The Sample and its Statistical Analysis

pp. 22-57

Chapter 3. Sources of Data

pp. 58-97

Part II. Types of Sexual Activity Among Females

Chapter 4. Pre-Adolescent Sexual Development

pp. 101-131

Chapter 5. Masturbation

pp. 132-190

Chapter 6. Nocturnal Sex Dreams

pp. 191-226

Chapter 7. Pre-Marital Petting

pp. 227-281

Chapter 8. Pre-Marital Coitus

pp. 282-345

Chapter 9. Marital Coitus

pp. 346-408

Chapter 10. Extra-Marital Coitus

pp. 409-445

Chapter 11. Homosexual Responses and Contacts

pp. 446-501

Chapter 12. Animal Contacts

pp. 502-509

Chapter 13. Total Sexual Outlet

pp. 510-564

Part III. Comparisons of Female and Male

Chapter 14. Anatomy of Sexual Response and Orgasm

pp. 567-593

Chapter 15. Physiology of Sexual Response and Orgasm

pp. 594-641

Chapter 16. Psychologic Factors in Sexual Response

pp. 642-689

Chapter 17. Neural Mechanisms of Sexual Response

pp. 690-713

Chapter 18. Hormonal Factors in Sexual Response

pp. 714-762

Bibliography

pp. 763-810

Index

pp. 811-842
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