Kinsey

Today in class we learned a bit about an extravagant man named Alfred Kinsey. He was born in 1894 and became one of the first to actually research human sexuality. There's a recent movie called "Kinsey" which we also watched in class. The movie informed me on how Kinsey thought about sexual normalcy. I believe Kinsey, according to the movie, did not have a definition for sexual normalcy, instead I believe that he considered every sexual action to be normal; there was no abnormal or not normal sexual activity. Kinsey in a way broke the normal wall that most people during the Victorian time had towards human sexuality. He destroyed all the rumors and took a risk in his life by publishing a book on human sexuality.

This is a movie clip from the 2004 film "Kinsey"

Watching the clip makes you realise how society can control one's thoughts and behaviours. Society can kill a human being with its over powering regulations and beliefs. Kinsey risked his career as a professor as well as his identity to create a book that changed the lives of many citizens during that time and present. He broke through the "unspoken" barrier society had placed upon human sexuality at that time. After watching the film I believe and see Kinsey more than a professor and researcher, I see him as a hero; someone that changed the lives of many people and may have even saved them.