Alfred C. Kinsey's scientific contributions

... Fluidity is concerned with the ways in which sex, gender, and sexuality are contextual rather than true and static identities. Kinsey (1948;1953) set the stage for understanding the fluidity of sexual orientation. His infamous heterosexual-homosexual continuum postulated a dissolution of the concrete boundaries that police the binary poles of sexuality by demonstrating that sexual orientation seemed to fluctuate over time (De Cecco, 1981). ...

... Ludzie pozostający w stałych związkach, doświadczają zjawiska habituacji [3]. Jest to termin socjologiczny oznaczający przyzwyczajenie, zarówno w kontekście seksualnym jak i życia codziennego. ...

... Among these behaviors, masturbation is viewed as a symbolic event for sexuality development and is the most commonly studied by researchers, although other solitary sexual activities among children have been frequently reported in both retrospective and observational studies (Davies et al., 2000;Friedrich et al., 1998;Larsson et al., 2000;Larsson & Svedin, 2002a;Schoentjes et al., 1999;Thigpen, 2009). Previous research has found that repetitive self-fondling of genitalia appears early in life, even in utero (Giorgi & Siccardi, 1996;Meizner, 1987), but rhythmic stimulation, the defining characteristic of adult-like masturbation, first emerges at around 2-to 3-years-old (Kinsey, Pomeroy, Martin, & Gebhard, 1953;Martinson, 1994). Other adult-like physiological responses of masturbation have also been observed in children, including a blushed face, thickened breaths, heavy sweating, and blurry eyes (Leung & Robson, 1993). ...

... Several investigations approached the concept, which remained widespread in discussions about malleable or flexible patterns of sexuality, carried out by researchers who were faced with cases of sexuality between people of the same sex in circumstances considered unforeseen or in contexts declared unexpected. Thus, before discussing sexual fluidity, some investigations approached the concept, such as the work by Kinsey and colleagues that marked the history of human sexuality (Kinsey, Pomeroy, & Martin, 1948;Kinsey, Pomeroy, Martin, & Gebhard, 1953). Their contributions showed that sexuality can be conceptualized as a continuum rather than a binary construct of discrete categories, notably refuting the widespread notion that same-sex sexual practice is uncommon (Kinsey et al., 1948). ...

... Along the XX century, there were published some reports trying to carry out a wide description of sexual repertoire, such as the famous attempt to explicitly research on sexual behaviours conducted by Kinsey on males (Kinsey et al., 1949), and on females (Kinsey et al., 1998), which, despite its severe methodological problems (Cornel, 2021), constituted one of the most acknowledged examples of sexual studies, even to the point of naming an Indiana University research institute (Kinsey Institute, 2022), and inspiring a popular film (Mutrux, 2004). ...

... Any risky actions, such as kissing and petting, 17 holding hands, and embracing, that occur before sexual contact are referred to as pre-coital behaviors. 18 Pre-coital activity predominance might be a useful supplementary indicator of sexual risk behaviors for STIs, HIV, and unintended pregnancies. 19 Pre-coital practices can be used to prolong a relationship and to create a sexual connection. ...

... We have categorized the literature into five main themes. First, we discuss the central theme of how dichotomous views of sexuality enable and support monosexist structures (DeCapua et al., 2017;Fuller, 2020;Kinsey et al., 1948;McCann, 2022;Roberts et al., 2015;Rubinstein et al., 2013;Yoshino, 2000). Next, we discuss literature that explores the emergence and structure of monosexism and monosexual categorization (Benett, 1992;Bollas, 2023;Eisner, 2013;Eisner, 2016;Fox, 1996;Hoang et al., 2011;Horowitz and Newcomb, 1999;Roberts et al., 2015;Yoshino, 2000). ...

... Participants were asked about their age, gender and other sociodemographic information. Moreover, sexual orientation was assessed by the Kinsey Scale (Kinsey, 1948), in which participants rate their sexual orientation on a 5-point Likert scale (1 ¼ exclusively heterosexual; 5 ¼ exclusively homosexual). ...