Kinsey

Science versus Emotion

One of the best films of 2004, Kinsey pays tribute to the man who revolutionized our understanding of human sexuality. Indiana University researcher Alfred Kinsey was so consumed by statistical measurements of human sexual activity that he almost completely overlooked the substantial role of emotions and their effect on human behavior.

The film has some funny moments; when conducting sex interviews to make a census of American sexual behavior, an immigrant in broken english reveals he had, "sex with horse", to which the interviewer tries to retain composure and interrogate him further, and the immigrant replies, "No, I had sex with Horace. Horace!"

Last week I ran into my ex girl-friend. The one with the pearl necklace. Amazingly, the scientific side of my brain was telling me 'What did you ever see in her anyway' but at the same time my emotion was going the complete opposite way...