• NON-HUMAN; NON-WESTERN; CRAZY
• FOUNDERS OF MODERN SEXOLOGY
HENRY HAVELOCK ELLIS
SIGMUND FREUD
CLELIA DUEL MOSHER
MAGNUS HIRSCHFELD
ROBERT DICKINSON
MARGARET SANGER
EVELYN HOOKER
II. TYPES OF SEX RESEARCH
• SELF-REPORT VS. DIRECT OBSERVATION
KINSEY VS. MASTERS & JOHNSON
• LARGE SAMPLE VS. SMALL OR CASE STUDY
KINSEY (>10,000) VS. MASTERS & JOHNSON (N=360)
• LABORATORY VS. FIELD
HEIMAN (1975) EROTICA VS.
HUMPHREYS (1970)-TEAROOM TRADE
• NATURAL VS. EXPERIMENTAL
BARTELL (1970) SWINGING VS.
HEIMAN (1975) EROTICA
III. ISSUES IN SEX RESEARCHA. SAMPLING
• IDENTIFY POPULATION
• GET SAMPLE (SUBGROUP)
• PROBABILITY SAMPLE
• VOLUNTEER BIAS -MOROKOFF (1986)
B. SELF-REPORT
• PURPOSEFUL DISTORTION
• MEMORY
• ABILITY TO ESTIMATE
• INTERVIEWS VS. SURVEYS
C. ETHICAL ISSUES
• INFORMED CONSENT
• PROTECTION FROM HARM
IV. SEX SURVEY RESEARCH EXAMPLE- KINSEYA. SAMPLING
• 5940 WOMEN; 5300 MEN
• 100% SAMPLING
• DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
B. INTERVIEWS
• ACCURACY-162 RETAKES;18 MOS.LATER
• COMPARED 706 WIVES AND HUSBANDS
.90+ AGREED - YRS. MARRIED
HOW LONG ENGAGED
TIME MARRIAGE-FIRST CHILD
.50 AGREEMENT-FREQ. INTERCOURSE
C. ETHICAL ISSUES
V. OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH EXAMPLE -MASTERS AND JOHNSON
A. INTERVIEWS -118 FEMALE PROSTITUTES
27 MALE PROSTITUTES (HOMOSEX)
B. EQUIPMENT
• ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH - HEART RATE
• ELECTROMYOGRAPH - MUSCULAR CONTRACTIONS
• pH METER - ACIDITY OF VAGINA
• PENILE STRAIN GAUGE
• VAGINAL PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPH
C. PAID PARTICIPANTS -
276 COUPLES; SINGLE (106W; 36MEN)
D. OBSERVED IN LABORATORY
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