Kinsey: Sex the Measure of All Things
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.46 (521 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253217261 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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". revises the revisionism and presents Kinsey in an altogether more favorable light a human and indefatigable sex educator, as well as an unfairly maligned martyr of American priggishness."" revises the revisionism and presents Kinsey in an altogether more favorable light a human and indefatigable sex educator, as well as an unfairly maligned martyr of American priggishness.""." revises the revisionism and presents Kinsey in an altogether more favorable light a human and indefatigable sex educator, as well as an unfairly maligned martyr of American priggishness.""
As uncritical of Kinsey as the Jones book is critical I chose to read this book because I wanted a balanced account of Kinsey's life and science, unfortunately, this book does not satisfy the requirement. Where the Jones book turns Kinsey into a demon, Gathorne-Hardy seems to want to turn him into a god. Gathorne-Hardy has a well researched account of Kinsey's life and activities, howeve. Pedr said A scientific pioneer and reformer. Where are you on the Kinsey scale? As a young woman, on a sleepover, did you ever give your girlfriend eyelash kisses all over her body? As a young boy, did you ever have a Platonic crush on a male friend? If you did, you might rate a 1 on the Kinsey scale which goes from 0 (exclusively heterosexual) to 6 (exclusively homosexual). Bei. Excellent biography of Kinsey Gathorne-Hardy's biography is both meticulously researched and well written - and often entertaining, too. Gathorne-Hardy writes in an intimate way as though he's addressing you, the reader, personally. Far from being uncritical, he discusses Kinsey's shortcomings as both a person and scientist as well as Kinsey's genius as a research
The author interviewed in depth surviving family members, close colleagues, friends, and lovers. Gathorne-Hardy shows us a very human and fallible but ultimately likable Kinsey, impatient and irritable at times, stubborn, willful, certainly a monomaniac about his research interests, whether gall wasps or human sexuality." New York Times Book Review" revises the revisionism and presents Kinsey in an altogether more favorable light a humane and indefatigable sex educator, as well as an unfairly maligned martyr of American priggishness." SalonGathorne-Hardy’s literate, major biography of Kinsey is the first to give a balanced portrait of one of this century’s pioneering researchers and social reformers. " a sympathetic, insightful and highly readable story. In this subtle, often witty, penetrating book, he reveals not just a series of new revelations, but whole new aspects of this complex, difficult, contradictory, heroic, obsessive, and ultimately sy
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy served as a consultant during the filming of the motion picture Kinsey. He is author of The Rise and Fall of the British Nanny and lives in England.