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Paedophiles In Society - A New Book
By Sarah Goode
Palgrave, United Kingdom, 2010
Book To Be Released
12-14-9

 

The aim of this chapter has been to demonstrate beyond doubt what Reisman had the intellectual courage to first point out, back in 1981, that the most important and influential work on human sexuality in the twentieth century was based on the rape of children.   This is a startling and profoundly shocking assertion to make, which is why an entire chapter has been devoted to carefully documenting the evidence for this statement. Kinsey's work, likened to the H-Bomb when it was published and the source of innumerable citations, references, comments and even jokes and songs, has formed the bedrock of all subsequent academic studies on human sexuality: it would be almost impossible to find an English-language book on human sexuality published since the 1950s which did not mention Kinsey. No other academic in the field of sexology (and precious few academics in any field) have been featured on the front cover of Time magazine or have sold so many copies of an academic textbook.   As will be seen in the following chapter, Kinsey's work has been continued and developed by other researchers and writers, and his views on children's sexual nature from birth have been taken up with gusto in certain quarters. As well as sexological studies, Kinsey's work influenced legislation, the gay rights movement and the field of sex education. It is possible therefore to state without equivocation that Kinsey's work has been the most important and influential work on human sexuality in the twentieth century. Kinsey's two reports on human sexuality have deeply influenced science, the media, the law and public opinion.   It is also possible to show, from the evidence provided in this chapter, that his work was based on the rape of children. The central thesis of his work, as I understand it, is that the only 'abnormal' sex is no sex; that the 'human animal' needs orgasms; and that the earlier boys and girls have orgasms, the better for them throughout their life. He based his two reports on human sexuality on these assertions and he backed up his claims with the documentation of copious data. He regarded Chapter Five in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, on 'Early Sexual Growth and Activity', as central to his argument and referred frequently to the data in it throughout the rest of his work.   The data for his assertions were obtained to some small extent by adult recall during the taking of sex histories. However, substantial parts of the data were obtained from the records and observations (apparently, according to Gebhard, photographed and filmed) of adults 'manipulating' children, aged from birth to adolescence. Under both national and international legislation, this is (and was at the time) child sexual abuse. Where it involves penetration, as it clearly did in some cases, it is (and was at the time) rape. [Emphasis added]