Kinsey studied the actual behaviors of large populations of normal people, including for the first time women, ethnic minorities, and homosexuals. His findings:

A. convinced him that abnormal patients should be treated on a one-to-one basis so that their unconscious desires could be brought forth.
B. further strengthened his belief in traditional thinking about normal versus abnormal sexual behavior.
C. strengthened his belief that the unconscious mind should be repressed so as to control one's abnormal sexual urges.
D. convinced him that there was a huge natural variation in sexuality in human populations, and that bisexuality was normal.
E. further strengthened his belief that sex was a disease and needed to be cured like any other ailment.


Answer: D

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