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Sexual Sabotage: How One Mad Scientist Unleashed a Plague of Corruption and Contagion on America
To Andy Rooney and the Greatest Generation, sex was only a rumor. But to an Indiana University zoology professor, wholesome American youth were in fact promiscuous and adulterous. Alfred Kinsey's bias-masquerading-as-research became accepted wisdom, thus tainting generations of Americans. Now, in a comprehensive and investigative fashion, Judith Reisman traces not only the effects of Kinsey's diabolical research, but describes those early, falsely accused generations in very different terms, because she lived through those times. The combination of Reisman's exhaustive research and personal knowledge of the times in which Kinsey worked make this book a thoroughly engaging read, documenting a crucial societal shift.
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First published July 20, 2010
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August 9, 2012
Alfred Kinsey's statistics on American sexual behavior was greatly skewed towards unusual sexual practices. Subsequent researchers at the Kinsey Institute have claimed that they have cleaned up the data, and found the same incidence rates. It is not possible to clean up data that was drawn from a sample that was not representative of the American people as a whole. The psychologist Abraham Maslow pointed out that Kinsey's data suffered from volunteer bias. And eminent statisticians pointed out that his statistics were invalid.
Reisman points out that if sex outside of marriage had really been as common as Kinsey claimed, there would have been much more abortion, divorce, children born out of wedlock, and sexually transmitted diseases in the 1940s than there actually was.
Kinsey's books did much to weaken the laws against sex outside of marriage, because it did not seem reasonable to outlaw behavior that was commonplace. Reisman documents how the American Law Institute Model Penal Code was substantially changed by the Kinsey reports. The ALI MPC frequently quoted Kinsey as a reference when reducing or eliminating penalties for sex crimes. Kinsey's assertion that children desire sex has lead to efforts to lower the age of consent. Marriage was originally a contract designed to enforce sexual exclusivity, to provide for the care of children, and to prevent women from being abandoned. Kinsey's promotion of hedonism has weakened the institution of marriage, to the detriment of women and children.
Judith Reisman is a voice in the wilderness, repeatedly drawing attention to one of the biggest crimes of the 20th century. Alfred Kinsey lied about the sex lives of the American people, in particular, about the Greatest Generation, the people who carried America through the Great Depression and World War II. Kinsey claimed that sex outside of marriage was common, when, in fact, it was unusual. Kinsey caused the children of the greatest generation to believe that their parents were hypocrites, who preached traditional sexual morality, but practiced sexual immorality.
Reisman points out that if sex outside of marriage had really been as common as Kinsey claimed, there would have been much more abortion, divorce, children born out of wedlock, and sexually transmitted diseases in the 1940s than there actually was.
Kinsey's books did much to weaken the laws against sex outside of marriage, because it did not seem reasonable to outlaw behavior that was commonplace. Reisman documents how the American Law Institute Model Penal Code was substantially changed by the Kinsey reports. The ALI MPC frequently quoted Kinsey as a reference when reducing or eliminating penalties for sex crimes. Kinsey's assertion that children desire sex has lead to efforts to lower the age of consent. Marriage was originally a contract designed to enforce sexual exclusivity, to provide for the care of children, and to prevent women from being abandoned. Kinsey's promotion of hedonism has weakened the institution of marriage, to the detriment of women and children.
Judith Reisman is a voice in the wilderness, repeatedly drawing attention to one of the biggest crimes of the 20th century. Alfred Kinsey lied about the sex lives of the American people, in particular, about the Greatest Generation, the people who carried America through the Great Depression and World War II. Kinsey claimed that sex outside of marriage was common, when, in fact, it was unusual. Kinsey caused the children of the greatest generation to believe that their parents were hypocrites, who preached traditional sexual morality, but practiced sexual immorality.
August 5, 2020
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT BOOK!
We have been lied to on the matter of human sexuality, including the effects of promiscuity...how long will we let this go on? And what other issues have been misrepresented to the American public??
Whether you think sex ed is a big deal or not, read this book and see if you can't discover a bigger plot in play. At the very least, we should all know where our "scientific" information regarding sex has come from. We may want to teach our children differently (I do).
My only criticism of this book is that of editing; there are a couple of typos not corrected and a few instances of extraneous/misplaced information. However, this should not in any way stop anyone from reading this very insightful, if alarming, dissertation on the father of human sexuality himself, Alfred Kinsey.
We have been lied to on the matter of human sexuality, including the effects of promiscuity...how long will we let this go on? And what other issues have been misrepresented to the American public??
Whether you think sex ed is a big deal or not, read this book and see if you can't discover a bigger plot in play. At the very least, we should all know where our "scientific" information regarding sex has come from. We may want to teach our children differently (I do).
My only criticism of this book is that of editing; there are a couple of typos not corrected and a few instances of extraneous/misplaced information. However, this should not in any way stop anyone from reading this very insightful, if alarming, dissertation on the father of human sexuality himself, Alfred Kinsey.
November 14, 2017
This book, despite being very reactionary and polemical, is one of the places to start if you want to understand the current sexual climate, especially as it has played out in Hollywood, political circles, and the Roman Catholic church.
Reisman has made a career of destroying the myths surrounding the so-called "sexual scientist" Alfred Kinsey. Kinsey was a very disturbed, sexually addicted man who lacked even the most basic of moral integrity or scientific sobriety.
He conducted his research by interviewing inmates, sex offenders, homosexuals (then highly criminal), prostitutes, and paedophiles. Taking their data, he decided that they represented regular Americans. Regular male Americans were off fighting in WW2, or working stateside for the war effort, in the case of single females. They had no interest in, or desire to, detail their sexual history for Kinsey.
Upon publishing his first book, about men, Kinsey stated that all manner of sexual activity was both common place, and perfectly normal, going so far as to even suggest that child molestation and rape were largely acceptable. In Kinsey's mind, a child abuse victim or a rape victim are reacting to social stigma and prejudice, not any detrimental effects of the abuse.
On child-sex in particular, Kinsey stated that children were essentially sexual beings. He determined that by having a number of child-abusers, including a government land surveyor and a Nazi war criminal, detail their abuses in journals, marking any reaction as "orgasmic." Tears, crying, pulling away, screaming - all were evidence of orgasm and pleasure.
Reisman traces the effect of this thought as it wormed its way through society. Kinsey became a cause celebré, landing him and his findings in both science textbooks and Time magazine features. Hugh Hefner lauded Kinsey, and devoted his life to spreading Kinsey's lies.
Unfortunately, Reisman is madly in love with the so-called "Greatest Generation," presenting them as a bunch of normal, noble men and women who are bereft of flaws. We know that this is nonsense. The war, like all wars, greatly damaged the people in the midst of it, and inevitably led to shattered lives and shattered psyches. Kinsey didn't help matters, but the Greatest Generation were not saints - few humans are. There was always a dark underbelly to society; it wasn't all Cleavers and Waltons.
Further, her sexual stance is reactionary. She is opposed to anything non-heterosexual and non-monogamous. That's fine, but it makes her very easy to write off, especially when she employs polemics and ad hominem attacks on Kinsey and his scientists. The facts are damning enough, without the need for that type of thing.
She is also myopic. Kinsey did a lot of damage, but the Cold War, Recdbaiting, Vietnam, and had an impact, as did mainstream Protestantism's marriage to government and corporations under Eisenhower.
It's still worth at least a perusal, as Kinsey is no hero and no scientist. He deserves to be dethroned. It is well past time.
Reisman has made a career of destroying the myths surrounding the so-called "sexual scientist" Alfred Kinsey. Kinsey was a very disturbed, sexually addicted man who lacked even the most basic of moral integrity or scientific sobriety.
He conducted his research by interviewing inmates, sex offenders, homosexuals (then highly criminal), prostitutes, and paedophiles. Taking their data, he decided that they represented regular Americans. Regular male Americans were off fighting in WW2, or working stateside for the war effort, in the case of single females. They had no interest in, or desire to, detail their sexual history for Kinsey.
Upon publishing his first book, about men, Kinsey stated that all manner of sexual activity was both common place, and perfectly normal, going so far as to even suggest that child molestation and rape were largely acceptable. In Kinsey's mind, a child abuse victim or a rape victim are reacting to social stigma and prejudice, not any detrimental effects of the abuse.
On child-sex in particular, Kinsey stated that children were essentially sexual beings. He determined that by having a number of child-abusers, including a government land surveyor and a Nazi war criminal, detail their abuses in journals, marking any reaction as "orgasmic." Tears, crying, pulling away, screaming - all were evidence of orgasm and pleasure.
Reisman traces the effect of this thought as it wormed its way through society. Kinsey became a cause celebré, landing him and his findings in both science textbooks and Time magazine features. Hugh Hefner lauded Kinsey, and devoted his life to spreading Kinsey's lies.
Unfortunately, Reisman is madly in love with the so-called "Greatest Generation," presenting them as a bunch of normal, noble men and women who are bereft of flaws. We know that this is nonsense. The war, like all wars, greatly damaged the people in the midst of it, and inevitably led to shattered lives and shattered psyches. Kinsey didn't help matters, but the Greatest Generation were not saints - few humans are. There was always a dark underbelly to society; it wasn't all Cleavers and Waltons.
Further, her sexual stance is reactionary. She is opposed to anything non-heterosexual and non-monogamous. That's fine, but it makes her very easy to write off, especially when she employs polemics and ad hominem attacks on Kinsey and his scientists. The facts are damning enough, without the need for that type of thing.
She is also myopic. Kinsey did a lot of damage, but the Cold War, Recdbaiting, Vietnam, and had an impact, as did mainstream Protestantism's marriage to government and corporations under Eisenhower.
It's still worth at least a perusal, as Kinsey is no hero and no scientist. He deserves to be dethroned. It is well past time.
July 31, 2013
A must read. Very enlightening book on how the culture of our society evolved into what we see today and how the greatest generation was destroyed by Kinsey's lies and skewed research.
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June 30, 2021Garbage. Reisman makes Ayn Rand look like an intellectual heavyweight, & after reading as much of her drivel as I could - to be fair, I made it 2/3rds of the way through this tripe before flinging it across the room - I felt like I needed a cold shower in liquid oxygen while exfoliating with volcanic glass. Reisman's twin anti-intellectual achievements are a.) using just enough Big, Important-Sounding words that'll impress people even more stupid & intellectually dishonest as she is, & b.) inventing & raving about fictional problems that can't ever be solved so people who aren't Snake-Oil Salesfolk don't have the time, energy & resources left over to deal with real problems that need to be solved.
It's an article of faith in authentic intellectual, judicial & academic circles that "Doctor" Reisman is a kook & a krank whose obsession with Kinsey says more about her sexual proclivities & attitudes than anyone else's, never mind Kinsey's. Her psychosexual obsession with Kinsey peaked when she attempted to sue The Kinsey Institute, its director & the University of Indiana, claiming that their ignoring &/ continued debunking of her pseudointellectual ravings re Kinsey's research was tantamount to actively censoring her work, & the courts took one look at her case & it was Dismissed With Prejudice, which is legalese for "Lady, quit wasting our goddamn time & don't let the door hit your a** on your way out." A Loser, venerated as a Saint & Martyr by other losers.
She received her PhD from Case Western Reserve University & works as a professor at Liberty University, both institutions that are considered by Credible, Honest Academians as the farm where they fence in the slope-browed & slack-jawed who failed on their applications to the University of Phoenix.
Everything one needs to know about "Doctor" R can be seen in the 2000 movie "Dirty Pictures" about the Ohio AG's persecution of the CAC re the Mapplethorpe Exhibit where the prosecution team - with straight faces & on the Taxpayer dime - introduced Reisman as an "Expert Witness" b/c her past work experience as a songwriter for the Captain Kangaroo show qualified her as an Art Expert. She made a complete Horse's Ass out of herself & was making so many odd & inappropriate hand gestures trying to illustrate her "points" that Dennis Barrie - Director of the CAC - turns to his lawyer & says in a "whisper" the whole court could hear "What is she doing? Porno for the Deaf?"
Fun Fact: in digging around for this review, I found the heartwarming bit of news that she finally had the decency to croak & join the Choir Invisible as of April 9th. 2021. Thank goodness - Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead, Goodbye, Good Riddance to you ma'am & that's one less Nasty Piece Of Work Making A Mess Of This Life For The Rest Of Us.
It's an article of faith in authentic intellectual, judicial & academic circles that "Doctor" Reisman is a kook & a krank whose obsession with Kinsey says more about her sexual proclivities & attitudes than anyone else's, never mind Kinsey's. Her psychosexual obsession with Kinsey peaked when she attempted to sue The Kinsey Institute, its director & the University of Indiana, claiming that their ignoring &/ continued debunking of her pseudointellectual ravings re Kinsey's research was tantamount to actively censoring her work, & the courts took one look at her case & it was Dismissed With Prejudice, which is legalese for "Lady, quit wasting our goddamn time & don't let the door hit your a** on your way out." A Loser, venerated as a Saint & Martyr by other losers.
She received her PhD from Case Western Reserve University & works as a professor at Liberty University, both institutions that are considered by Credible, Honest Academians as the farm where they fence in the slope-browed & slack-jawed who failed on their applications to the University of Phoenix.
Everything one needs to know about "Doctor" R can be seen in the 2000 movie "Dirty Pictures" about the Ohio AG's persecution of the CAC re the Mapplethorpe Exhibit where the prosecution team - with straight faces & on the Taxpayer dime - introduced Reisman as an "Expert Witness" b/c her past work experience as a songwriter for the Captain Kangaroo show qualified her as an Art Expert. She made a complete Horse's Ass out of herself & was making so many odd & inappropriate hand gestures trying to illustrate her "points" that Dennis Barrie - Director of the CAC - turns to his lawyer & says in a "whisper" the whole court could hear "What is she doing? Porno for the Deaf?"
Fun Fact: in digging around for this review, I found the heartwarming bit of news that she finally had the decency to croak & join the Choir Invisible as of April 9th. 2021. Thank goodness - Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead, Goodbye, Good Riddance to you ma'am & that's one less Nasty Piece Of Work Making A Mess Of This Life For The Rest Of Us.
April 17, 2012
Excellent book on the Alfred Kinsey fraud and its disciples and acolytes then and now.
December 2, 2022
I couldn’t read it all I was so disgusted. Why we have such information and rarely act upon it. Satan truly rules this world right now but his time is ending
February 24, 2021
This book scared the crap out of me - so much so that I initially didn't believe a word of what she was saying. So I decided to research Kinsey more before continuing to read. WOW! Just WOW! And even WOWer is the fact that EVERYONE has been covering up for this zoophilic paedophile for all these decades. Kinsey was a monster - and it's not just Reisman saying it! He died from orchiditis which was caused by his perversions. All I can is, I hope it was painful. He deserves nothing better.
September 11, 2019
Stomach churning and painful to read, it's an important book exposing the evil and corruption of Alfred Kinsey. It's shocking that he is still held up as a hero when he brought such despicable pain to so many.
March 27, 2024
Must read for ALL parents.
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