Recon Alfred Kinsey
I encountered Dr. Kinsey's energy in a movie theater in Seattle, in January of 2005. The Reconnections nearly dragged me there one evening after work. His energy came upon me, consciously, through his portrayal by actor Liam Neeson, in the recent biographical movie about him. I realized, at that point, that his energy has been with me for a goodly portion of my life. Kinsey was the co-author of those revolutionary books on Human Sexuality, known as "The Kinsey Reports."
A Biologist and Taxonomist by training, Kinsey began doing his sex research when he was assigned the task of presenting a Sex Education Class at Indiana State University. He was so intrigued with the darkened state of human knowledge in this subject that he eventually devoted his life to lifting the "blinders" from the horses' eyes (enlightening humanity), through exhaustive interviews with hundreds of thousands of individuals, all across the country.
As soon as I began looking into this energy, I felt the Guides say to me: "The same kind of revolution that was produced in the 1950s by Dr. Kinsey's Research is about to be accomplished again, in the New Millenium. This time, it will consist of an expansion of knowledge dealing with the relationship between human sexuality and human spirituality." As such, it is giving me a new motivation for channeling a transmission (or series of them) dealing with the topic of "Meta-Sexuality." More will be shared on this soon.
One key quote, from one of the articles below, states Kinsey's motivations and methods in a nutshell. As soon as I encountered this energy, I recognized it as a key part of my compilation self:
"Kinsey's ethical stance was premised on his commitment to objective science as the key to social progress. A science of sexuality would contribute to a better understanding of the problems surrounding gender and sexuality. His essentialist position that sex was a "normal biologic function in whatever form it is manifested" (Kinsey, Pomeroy, and & Martin, 1948, p. 263) was aimed at liberating sexuality from its socially oppressive restraints.
Kinsey's sexual tolerance provided the rationale for his political strategy. If scientific objectivity produced data that subverted the conventional morality guiding sexual behavior, then scientific discourse on sexuality could serve as a source for bringing about positive social change. In both Kinsey volumes, there were frequent critiques of the existing sex laws and the hypocrisy of trying to enforce such laws when most individuals, at some point, practiced illegal sexual activity. Kinsey realized that legal reform would not come about without changing social attitudes but he also had faith in the power of objective scientific discourse as an agent for change. This faith reflected his liberal worldview that enlightened rationality could produce social change.
Kinsey, however, was not a social revolutionary (Morantz, 1977). Aside from conventional sexual mores, he did not question other social values; neither did he question the existing power structure with its inherent sexual and gender oppression. With regard to homosexuality, for example, he was insensitive to the politically heuristic value of a homosexual identity. In fact, he strongly argued against the need to categorize people according to sexual identity. His nominalist position was advanced to combat the reification of a homosexual stereotype. Yet, by providing gay men and lesbians the opportunity to have their voices represented and widely disseminated, the Kinsey volumes played a significant role in the creation of a national homophile movement in the 1950s (D'Emilio, 1983). Furthermore, providing women with an opening to talk about their experiences challenged the myths about feminine sexuality and anticipated issues feminists would discuss in the 1960s (Irvine, 1990)."
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NEW ARTICLE: ALFRED KINSEY: THE "REST" OF THE STORY
Liam Neeson, as Alfred Kinsey in "Kinsey"
"Everyone's sin is no one's sin. And everybody's crime is no crime at all."
