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The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, often shortened to The Kinsey Institute, exists "to promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the fields of human sexuality, gender, and reproduction".

The Institute was founded as the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University in 1947 by Dr. Alfred Kinsey
Alfred Kinsey

Alfred Charles Kinsey , was an United States biologist and professor of entomology and zoology, who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University , now called the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction....
, then an entomologist and zoologist at IU. Its original goals were the study of human sexuality
Human sexuality

Human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. Human sexuality has many aspects. Biology, sexuality refers to the reproductive mechanism as well as the basic biological drive that exists in all species and can encompass sexual intercourse and sexual contact in all its forms....
 and human sexual behavior
Human sexual behavior

Human sexual behavior or human sexual practices refers to the manner in which humans experience and express their human sexuality. It encompass a wide range of activities such as strategies to find or attract partners , interactions between individuals, physical intimacy or emotional intimacy, and sexual contact....
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The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction, often shortened to The Kinsey Institute, exists "to promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship in the fields of human sexuality, gender, and reproduction".

The Institute was founded as the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University in 1947 by Dr. Alfred Kinsey
Alfred Kinsey

Alfred Charles Kinsey , was an United States biologist and professor of entomology and zoology, who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University , now called the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction....
, then an entomologist and zoologist at IU. Its original goals were the study of human sexuality
Human sexuality

Human sexuality is how people experience and express themselves as sexual beings. Human sexuality has many aspects. Biology, sexuality refers to the reproductive mechanism as well as the basic biological drive that exists in all species and can encompass sexual intercourse and sexual contact in all its forms....
 and human sexual behavior
Human sexual behavior

Human sexual behavior or human sexual practices refers to the manner in which humans experience and express their human sexuality. It encompass a wide range of activities such as strategies to find or attract partners , interactions between individuals, physical intimacy or emotional intimacy, and sexual contact....
. In 1948 and 1953 the Institute published two monographs on human sexuality, generally now known as the Kinsey Reports
Kinsey Reports

The Kinsey Reports are two books on human sexual behavior, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female , by Dr....
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Ever since, the Institute, the reports and Kinsey himself have been the subject of controversy. Among its functions is to preserve the supporting materials of the Kinsey Reports and subsequent publications, making them available for new research while preserving confidentiality. The Institute also provides a sexuality information service for students (KISISS) now known as which provides sex questions and answers in column-format and podcast-format. The answers are provided by sex researcher and columnist, Debby Herbenick PhD.

The Institute remains an important figure in the field of contemporary research. Its founder, Dr. Alfred Kinsey, died in 1956. Since that time, the Institute has had five directors: Paul Gebhard
Paul Gebhard

Paul H. Gebhard, born , was an American anthropologist and sexologist. Born in Rocky Ford, Colorado, he earned a B.S. and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1940 and 1947, respectively....
 PhD, June Reinish PhD, Stephanie Sanders
Stephanie Sanders

Stephanie Sanders is an United States psychologist and sexologist, an Associate Director of The Kinsey Institute, head of its Gender Studies Division, an Associate Professor of Gender Studies....
 PhD, John Bancroft
John Bancroft

Dr John H.J. Bancroft was Director of The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University Bloomington from 1995 to 2004....
 MD and Julia Heiman
Julia Heiman

Dr Julia R. Heiman is an United States sexologist and psychologist, the fifth Director of The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction at Indiana University Bloomington from 2004 to present time....
 PhD (current director).

See also

  • Alfred Kinsey
    Alfred Kinsey

    Alfred Charles Kinsey , was an United States biologist and professor of entomology and zoology, who in 1947 founded the Institute for Sex Research at Indiana University , now called the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction....
  • Sexology
    Sexology

    Sexology is the study of sexual interests, behavior, and function. In modern sexology, researchers apply tools from several academic fields, including biology, medicine, psychology, statistics, epidemiology, pedagogics, sociology, anthropology, and criminology....


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Books
  • "Peek - Photographs from the Kinsey Institute" (ISBN 1-892041-35-9)