The survey, known as the National Health and Social Life Survey (NHSLS), uncovered some very surprising things about how sexuality had changed since Kinsey's work. One of these discoveries was that:

A. oral sex was found to be a lot less common than reported by Kinsey.
B. homosexuality occurs less frequently in the population than reported by Kinsey.
C. occurrence of bisexuality has remained constant since the time of Kinsey.
D. anal sex was found to be a lot less common than reported by Kinsey.
E. use of contraceptive measures has reduced since the time of Kinsey.


Answer: B

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