Analysis: Life and legacy of Alfred Kinsey

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NEAL CONAN
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
11-09-2004
Analysis: Life and legacy of Alfred Kinsey

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A movie that opens this Friday may well be the first salvo in the post-election culture wars. "Kinsey" chronicles the life of pioneer sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, whose studies of sexual behavior half a century ago made Americans' most intimate secrets part of the national conversation. In his own time, he was both acclaimed and reviled. Sex research remains controversial today.

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