Identify and describe three of the shocking findings Alfred Kinsey reported to the public in the late 1940s and early 1950s about sexuality in the United States. Explain why each was shocking to the public of that time
Please provide the best answer for the statement.
1. The higher your socioeconomic class, the more sex you have. People at the time believed that the working class was more sexually active and aware (“earthy”); but Kinsey found that the middle class had sex more often, and with a greater variety of techniques.
2. Women enjoy sex. The “common knowledge” of the era taught that women did not enjoy sex, and engaged in it only to please their husbands. However, women were as interested in sex as men, and most had orgasms (although primarily achieved through masturbation).
3. Extramarital affairs are not extremely rare. Kinsey discovered that 50 percent of married men and 26 percent of married women had at least one extramarital partner.
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