I had no idea what this movie was going to be about when I went to the theatre to see it, But, now I am glad I did.
It was good to see how Professor Kinsey became a pioneer for sex education during his time and managed to educate so many people on the joys of sex.
This movie shows how religion's anti-sex stance (read "abstanence education") just doesn't add up, but it also shows how sex can be a double edged sword, since a lot of people will tie in emotions and love with sex.
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The only part of the movie that sort of rubbed me wrong was the scene where Professor Kinsey and his aide were interviewing one man about his sexual past and the guy talked about how many thousands of people he had had sex with, including hundreds of pre-pubescent boys and hundreds of pre-pubescent girls and how the orgasm for a pre-pubescent boy was different compared to an older person.
Dr. Kinsey's aide got up and left the room in disgust when they were supposed to remain un-biased in their studies.
The man being interviewed pointed that out to Professor Kinsey.
Professor Kinsey then told him that they didn't agree with using "force" when having sex.
What annoyed me was the fact that the writer of the movie (and Professor Kinsey, for that matter) automatically assumed that the man had "forced" sex in some way.
I don't agree with "force", either, but what I don't get is what makes people think that just because an older person has some kind of sexual experience with a younger person that there is some kind of "force" behind it ?
If the writer of the movie was just trying to make a statement that he was against sexual "force", he should have said it to where force of "any" kind is bad, no matter what the age of the participants.
But, other than that, it was a great movie.
It was good to see how Professor Kinsey became a pioneer for sex education during his time and managed to educate so many people on the joys of sex.
This movie shows how religion's anti-sex stance (read "abstanence education") just doesn't add up, but it also shows how sex can be a double edged sword, since a lot of people will tie in emotions and love with sex.
*** POSSIBLE SPOILER HERE ***
The only part of the movie that sort of rubbed me wrong was the scene where Professor Kinsey and his aide were interviewing one man about his sexual past and the guy talked about how many thousands of people he had had sex with, including hundreds of pre-pubescent boys and hundreds of pre-pubescent girls and how the orgasm for a pre-pubescent boy was different compared to an older person.
Dr. Kinsey's aide got up and left the room in disgust when they were supposed to remain un-biased in their studies.
The man being interviewed pointed that out to Professor Kinsey.
Professor Kinsey then told him that they didn't agree with using "force" when having sex.
What annoyed me was the fact that the writer of the movie (and Professor Kinsey, for that matter) automatically assumed that the man had "forced" sex in some way.
I don't agree with "force", either, but what I don't get is what makes people think that just because an older person has some kind of sexual experience with a younger person that there is some kind of "force" behind it ?
If the writer of the movie was just trying to make a statement that he was against sexual "force", he should have said it to where force of "any" kind is bad, no matter what the age of the participants.
But, other than that, it was a great movie.