male and female There is a Difference!

THE FEMALE MAY OR MAY NOT BE DEADLIER THAN THE MALE, BUT SHE CERTAINLY IS DIFFERENT THE MANY AREAS OF DIFFERENCE, PARTICULARLY IN SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, WERE EXPLAINED BY DR. WARDELL B. POMEROY, FIELD DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE FOR SEX RESEARCH AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY (FAMILIARLY KNOWN AS THE KINSEY INSTITUTE) BEFORE A LARGE GROUP OF FRIENDS AND MEMBERS OF THE DAUGHTERS OF BILITIS RECENTLY.

THE INSTITUTE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 21 YEARS AT INDIANA, AND HAS AS ITS GOAL THE STUDY OF ALL SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. TO DATE APPROXIMATELY 18,000 HISTORIES HAVE BEEN COMPILED, ALMOST EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.

THE NEXT BOOK THE INSTITUTE PLANS TO PUBLISH WILL DEAL WITH SEX OFFENDERS (MALE ONLY SINCE, AS DR. POMEROY POINTED OUT, THERE ARE FEW, IF ANY, FEMALE SEX OFFENDERS). FOLLOWING THIS BOOK, DUE TO BE PUBLISHED IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS, THERE WILL BE A VOLUME EITHER ON TRANSVESTISM OR ON HOMOSEXUALITY.

THE INSTITUTE FOR SEX RESEARCH DERIVES ITS FINANCIAL SUPPORT ON A BASIS OF ONE-THIRD FROM INDIANA UNIVERSITY, ONE-THIRD FROM ROYALTIES FROM THE BOOKS AND ONE-THIRD FROM FOUNDATIONS. AT PRESENT THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE IS CONTRIBUTING THE FINAL THIRD, THE INSTITUTE EMPLOYS A STAFF OF TEN.

DR. FOMEROY POINTED OUT THAT WE ARE "PART AND PARCEL OF OUR MAMMALIAN HERITAGE." THERE IS NOTHING SEXUAL THE HUMAN BEING DOES THAT OTHER MAMMALS DON'T DO. THE QUESTION, HE POINTED OUT, IS NOT WHY SOME PEOPLE ARE HOMOSEXUAL BUT "WHAT IS IT THAT KEEPS EVERYONE FROM HAVING HOMOSEXUAL CONTACT?"

TABOOS AGAINST HOMOSEXUALITY ARE NOT UNIVERSAL, ALTHOUGH OUR CULTURE IS ATYPICAL IN THAT FEMALE HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOT FROWNED UPON AS STRONGLY AS IS THAT OF THE MALE.

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