Sexual behavior in the human female

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Foreword to the Anniversary Edition -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Publisher's Foreword -- Contents -- Part I. History and Method -- 1. Historical Introduction -- Objectives in the Present Study -- Development of Present Study -- Difficulties encountered -- Cooperating groups -- The Taxonomie Approch -- ln biology -- In applied and social sciences -- Statistical basis -- Status of Previous Sex Studies -- 2. Interviewing -- Making Contacts -- Establishing Rapport -- The Confidence of the Record -- Technical Devices in Interviewing -- Putting the subject at ease -- Assuring privacy -- Establishing rapport -- Sequence of topics -- Recognizing the subject's mental status -- Recording at time of interview -- Systematic coverage -- Supplementary exploration -- Standardizing the point of the question -- Adapting the form of the question -- Avoiding bias -- Direct questions -- Placing the burden of denial on the subject -- Avoiding multiple questions -- Rapid-fire questioning -- Cross-checks on accuracy -- Proving the answer -- Forcing a subject -- Limits of theinterview -- Avoiding personal identifications -- Avoiding controversial issues, -- Overt activities versus attitudes -- Interviewing young children -- The Interviewer's Background of Knowledge -- 3. Statistical Problems -- Nature of the Data -- Coding -- Supplementary Data -- The Twelve-way Breakdown -- Sex -- Race-cultural group -- Marital status -- Age -- Age at Adolescence -- Educational Level -- Occupational class of subject -- Occupational class of parent -- Rural-urban background -- Religious groups -- Religious adherence -- Geographic origin -- Size of Sample -- Diversification of Sample -- Hundred Percent Samples -- Controlling Partial Samples -- Order of Sampling -- Synthesizing a U.S. Sample -- Statistical Analyses -- Individual frequencies.

"Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was originally published in 1953, five years after the male volume. The material presented in this book was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women and from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology." "The book presents data on the incidence and frequency with which women participate in various types of sexual activity. The authors show how factors such as age, decade of birth, and religious adherence are reflected in patterns of sexual behavior. Some measure of the social significance of the various types of sexual behavior is provided. The authors make comparisons of female and male sexual activities and investigate the factors which account for the similarities and differences between female and male patterns of behavior."--Jacket

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- ALFRED KINSEY'S WORK 50 YEARS LATER -- KINSEY'S METHODOLOGY -- KINSEY'S MISSION -- THE NATURALNESS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR -- KINSEY AND CHILDREN -- KINSEY AS A SCHOLAR OF SEXUAL SCIENCE -- CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF FIGURES -- Part I HISTORY AND METHOD -- Chapter 1 SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND -- THE SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVE -- THE RIGHT TO INVESTIGATE -- THE INDIVIDUAL'S RIGHT TO KNOW -- PROBLEMS OF MARITAL ADJUSTMENT -- SEXUAL PROBLEMS OF UNMARRIED YOUTH -- SEXUAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN -- SOCIAL CONTROL OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR -- The Incidence of Sex Offenses -- The Sex Offender -- Effective Sex Law -- The Protection of the Individual -- Chapter 2 THE SAMPLE AND ITS STATISTICAL ANALYSIS -- PROBLEMS OF SAMPLING -- Functions of a Sample -- Probability Sampling -- Probability Sampling in a Sex Study -- Group Sampling on Present Project -- CONSTITUTION OF PRESENT SAMPLE -- Age Range -- Educational Background -- Marital Status -- Religious Background -- Parental Occupational Class -- Subject's Occupational Class -- Rural-Urban Background -- Decade of Birth -- Age at Onset of Adolescence -- Geographic Origin -- Inadequacies of Present Sample -- SPECIFIC SOURCES OF PRESENT SAMPLE -- GROUPS INVOLVED -- OCCUPATIONS OF FEMALE SUBJECTS -- OCCUPATIONS OF HUSBANDS OF FEMALE SUBJECTS -- NUMBER OF CASES IN SAMPLE -- Question Inapplicable -- Uncertain Behavior -- Question Not Asked -- Interviewer's Failure -- Refusal to Reply -- Insufficient Information -- STATISTICAL ANALYSES -- Accumulative Incidence -- Active Incidence -- Frequency of Activity -- Frequency Classes -- Median Frequency -- Active Median Frequency -- Total Median Frequency -- Mean Frequency -- Active Mean Frequency -- Total Mean Frequency -- Standard Error -- Significant Differences.