All language subtitles for Kinsey (2004) _ ENG

[ Man #1 ]
Don't sit so far away.

Anything that creates
a distance should be avoided.
[ Man #2 ] Okay.

And try not to frown.

I'm sorry.
Was I frowning?
You have to relax.

How can I be
expected to open up
if you're not relaxed?

Right.
Take a deep breath.

Start again.

[ Inhales ]

As you can see,

this piece of paper has been
divided into squares.

There are 287 of them.

Your sex history will
fit on this single page
in a cryptic code.

Don't forget to mention
that there's no written
key to the code.

The interview subject
will only be candid

if he knows he's speaking
in the strictest confidence.

Right. Okay.

So, when were you born?

June 23, 1894.

Are you single
or married?

Married.

What is your race?

Don't waste time
asking the obvious, Martin.

- Fill it in yourself.
- What is your religion?

- Methodist.
- How often do you
attend church?

Not at all now,
but I did regularly
until I was 19.

How did you get along
with your father and mother
when you were growing up?

That's a multiple question.

It allows me
to ignore any part
I don't want to answer.

- How did you get along
with your mother?
- Fine.

- We had a close relationship.
- And your father?

- How did you get along
with your father?
- [ Taps Glass ]

[ Man ]
And what are we to do?

We turn away
from matters of the flesh,

and we turn to things...

of the spirit.

Lust...

has a thousand avenues--

the dance hall,
the ice cream parlor,

the tenement saloon,

the Turkish bath.

Like the Hydra,

it grows new heads everywhere.

Even the modern
inventions of science

are used
to cultivate immorality.

The gas engine

has brought us
the automobile joyride

and an even more
pernicious menace:

the roadside brothel.

Electricity

has made possible
the degrading picture show.

Because of the telephone,

a young woman

can hear the voice
of her suitor

on the pillow,
right next to her.

[ Baby Coos ]

And let's not forget

the most scandalous
invention of all--

the talon-slide fastener,

otherwise known
as the zipper,

which provides every man
and boy speedy access

to moral oblivion.

[ Man ]
Are you currently
in good health?

I suppose so.
Mm-hmm.

What makes you doubtful?

Every doctor
I've ever seen.

Early disease
left me with
a weakened heart.

Did you have any illnesses
that kept you out of school?

I had typhoid fever
and rickets.

Also rheumatic fever.

Measles, chicken pox,
pneumonia,

and several bouts
of influenza.

[ Clears Throat ]
Pomeroy,
what are you doing?

You're worse
than Martin.

Never make judgments
about people.

I wasn't.

Your body posture told me

that my list of ailments
made you uncomfortable.

Maybe it did. Sorry.

Maintaining
a nonjudgmental attitude

is harder
than you think.

The best way is to smile,
nod your head

while looking me
directly in the eye.

Where were we?

Your health as a boy.

It improved greatly
when I finally discovered
the outdoors.

I never got over the excitement
of setting off into the wild,

escaping bed, illness,
family.

Alone?

[ Bird Calling ]

No. No. Never alone.

I was surrounded
by friends.

Being in the outdoors
taught me to rely
on my own judgment.

[ Bird Screeches ]

I started to
learn about things
by grasping them,

tasting them,
looking at them.

Biology?
Yes.

Biology.

The science of life.

The fields and woods became
my new place of worship,

my cathedral.

The only sadness
they brought was when
I had to leave them.

How old were you
when you first tried
to pleasure yourself?

[ Sighs ]
No. No. No euphemisms.

If you're talking
to a college graduate,

use "masturbation,"
"testicles," "penis,"

"vagina," "vulva,"
"urination," "defecation."

With the lower-level male,
it's "jacking off," "balls,"

"prick," "cunt,"
"piss," "shit."

[ Sighs ]
I don't know, Gebhard.

Maybe your Harvard degree
is too ivory tower
for our purposes.

I was brought up out west.

I've rubbed shoulders
with ranchers, miners
my whole life.

- And I thought you were
gonna shave that mustache.
- I like it.

It's a disguise,
a cover-up.

Look at any movie.
The villain's always the one
with the mustache.

My wife likes it.

You have a chance to make
an important contribution
to knowledge and science.

Are you telling me
you'd give that up
for a little facial hair?

Yes, I suppose I am.

Ah.

Well, keep it trimmed.

Let's get back
to masturbation.

[ Bird Cooing ]
That's a mating call.

[ Cooing Continues ]

So, how'd you wind up at
the Stevens Institute, Al?

I thought you wanted
to be a biologist.

There are enough scientists
in the world, son.

Engineers are what
society needs now.

I, um-- I had one
of the old fits again.

I tried to stop it.

"Any habit which causes
the sex fluid to be discharged

"must be resisted.

"Doctors link it to
an assortment of illnesses

"including insanity,
blindness, epilepsy,

even death."

What if it happens
while you're asleep?

"It is said that the loss of
one ounce of seminal fluid

equals the loss
of 40 ounces of blood."

I'm killing myself,
and I'm not even awake.

What are we
supposed to do?

"Keep your bowels open,

"read the Sermon
on the Mount,

"sit with your testicles
submerged in a bowl
of cold water,

[ Exhales ]

think of your mother's
pure love."

Why don't we pray?

[ Moaning ]

[ Kinsey ]
Come on. Keep firing questions.
[ Sobs ]

Extreme rapidity
makes it very difficult
for a subject to lie.

How young were you
the first time you had
an orgasm while dreaming?

- How frequently
did you have wet dreams?
- What did you dream about?

How young were you
when you first experienced
hugging or kissing?

- Necking?
- Petting?
- Oral sex?

How young were you
when you no longer thought

of your parents' home
as your own?

[ Kinsey Sr. ]
Al, it's getting late.
Let's make the rounds.

Al!
Be right down!

Pack of Fatimas.

Okay, son.
That'll be 15 cents.

You're a criminal, sir.

I shall report you at once
to the local authorities.

Dear Jesus,
a goddamn Protestant.

Did you not sell
this vile weed to a minor?

What business
is that of yours?

It is the Lord's work

to protect the young
from temptation.

- Men like you, sir--
- Get the hell out of my store.

- ...men of weak character--
- I've given you proper warning.

...are offensive
to the great mass

of right-thinking
American citizens--

Shut up! You know
what you are, Father?
A prig.

- Al.
- A skinflint,

a petty tyrant,
and a hypocrite to boot!

You think you matter?
You don't matter.

There's something wrong
with him.

Come on, Al.
No.

Maybe your workload
is too heavy.

You could drop
mechanical drawing.

I've withdrawn
from Stevens.

That's impossible.

I'm a senior member
of the faculty.
Someone would've informed me.

Why?
Everyone there hates you.

I'm going to Bowdoin
to study biology.

And how do you intend
to pay for that?

They've given me
a partial scholarship.

And I've socked away
most of my scouting money.

You've become
a shady person, Al,

a person
who keeps secrets.

I had no choice.

What a disappointment
you turned out to be.

[ Pomeroy ]
How many years of schooling
did you complete?
Twenty.

After taking
my undergraduate degree
at Bowdoin,

I received my doctorate
from the Bussey Institute
at Harvard.

I took a position
as assistant professor
of zoology

here at Indiana University.

At first I studied
the Rhaetulus didieri,

or stag beetle.

Then I discovered
a far more fascinating
insect.

[ Kinsey ]
This is the American Cynipidae,
or gall wasp.

Here the wasp
deposits an egg

into its host plant.

In this case,
an oak tree.

The adult wasp chews its way
through the tree

and copulates.

At which point
it has the good sense
to die.

The animal kingdom
includes

at least two million
insect species.

So, what makes the gall wasp
so fascinating?

I've spent
the last three years

crisscrossing the continent,
collecting gall wasps.

And what have I learned from
my tiny friends, half the size
of the household ant?

[ Whispers ]
That you need a date.

- Shh!
- [ Student Giggles ]

After studying thousands
of these pesky creatures
under the microscope,

I've yet to find
a single gall wasp
that's the same as another.

In fact,
some are so different

that the offspring
of one generation

bear no more resemblance
to their parents

than a sheep bears to a goat.

There are those of us
who might take comfort
in this fact.

Consider the implications.

If every single living thing
is different from
every other living thing,

then diversity becomes
life's one irreducible fact.

Only variations are real.

And to see them,

you simply have to
open your eyes.

[ Chattering, Laughing ]
[ Bell Tolling ]

Hello.
Mind if I sit here?

[ Blowing ]

Why?

Because you're
the only unattached male,

and I'm the only
unattached female.

That's very sensible.

A man who cooks.
How refreshing.

I picked it up
when I went out west
to collect galls.

I was gone for 11 months, and
I don't think I saw more than
a dozen people the whole time.

Sounds lonely.
Oh. [ Chuckles ]

I enjoyed it.

I've been reading up
on gall wasps.

I think I know
why they appeal to you.
Uh-huh.

They have great big wings,
but they can't fly.

They are incapable
of getting from this hill
to that hill

unless it's
close enough to walk,

which means
it's possible

to retrace
each generation's steps,

hill by hill...
by hill by hill,

all the way back
to the very beginning.

The gall wasp
Garden of Eden.

That's very interesting,
Miss Millen.

You've managed to bridge the gap
between Darwin and the Book
of Genesis in a single phrase.

McMillen.
Mmm?

Clara McMillen.
Oh!

I'm Prok.

Sorry?
It's a nickname my graduate
students have given me.

Pro-- fessor
K-- insey. Prok.

At first I worried that
it suggested an inappropriate
level of intimacy

between teacher and student

that could lead to a loss
of respect down the line.

I think it just means
they like you.

Yes.
Eventually I realized that.

Um, tomato bisque
and sandwiches?

Please.

** [ Piano ]

[ Gasps ]

** [ Continues ]

[ Clara ]
Such an impressive
collection.

Thanks.
They used to be
categorized by period.

But then I rearranged them
alphabetically
by composer.

I find
it's more efficient.

Did you ever think about
playing professionally?
Because you're very good.

Oh, please.
Thank you.

But, uh, "very good"
isn't good enough.

I got you
a present.

Ah!
Here.

[ Laughs ]

Oh.

Oh, how marvelous!

They're
the right size.
Oh!

Oh!
[ Laughs ]

Oh!
[ Laughs ]
[ Laughs ]

At what age did you first
have premarital intercourse?

I didn't.

So, at the time of marriage
you were a virgin?
Yes.

Was your spouse
also a virgin?

Yes.

When you got married,
did you want to get married?

Very much.

[ Bird Calling ]

[ Kinsey ] I see marriage
as a lifetime partnership
between equals.

You're a brilliant scholar
with a keenly perceptive mind

and a profound respect
for nature.

You're a capable hiker
and camper
and a champion swimmer,

and you're the one girl in a
million who's as interested
in insects as I am.

To be honest,
Prok,

I'm just
not sure.

Okay.

I consider myself
a free thinker.
Yes!

Frankly, I find you
a little "churchy."

"Churchy"?

And I've had
another proposal.

I'm not saying no.
I just need time.

Prok.

I think you're mean!

Mean, heartless,
and cold!

Astounding.

If you'll have me.

A gall wasp in amber.

How old is it?
About 80 million years
or so.

Does Mrs. Kinsey
like her wedding present?

It's perfect.

I'm sorry.
No, no, I--

I--

How beautiful.

May I?

I'm sorry.

I'm a little nervous.

It's okay.
W-We don't have to--

No!

I'm ready.

[ Gasps ]
[ Moans ]

[ Cries Out ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Grunting ]
[ Sobbing ]

[ Cries Out, Gasps ]

Forgive me, Mac.
No, I'm sorry.

It's just--
It hurts too much.

[ Exhales ]

It's-- It's a long drive
to my parents'.

We should get some sleep.

Robert's had a 92
in mechanical drawing,

a 95 in mathematics,

and a clean 100...

in shop practice.

Huh. That's
splendid, Robert.
Congratulations.

I was worried
that his teachers were
showing him favor

due to my
senior position,

but they tell me
he is the most gifted
student in his class.

Well, living with
the best teacher at Stevens
doesn't hurt, Father.

Oh, please.
[ Laughs ]

At this rate,
he'll finish his degree
in, uh, three years.

Al, tell us
what you've been
working on.

Well--
[ Kinsey Sr. ]
Don't bother, Al.

She won't be able
to follow you.

She's only had
a fourth-grade education.

I'm studying
gall wasps, Mom.

I've gathered
over 100,000 specimens,

which is really only
a drop in the bucket.

-But my aim is--
-Ten years of higher education,

and he's still collecting bugs.
[ Laughing ]

Prok's also written
a biology textbook.

Really?

It's read in colleges
across the country.

It's actually
a very good read.

So I assume you plan
to start a family soon.

No, no, I--
Don't rush it.

Once you have children,
you're tied down forever--
your life is over.

[ Clara Giggling ]

What?

I don't know
what I expected,
exactly,

but he's far worse
than I ever imagined.

He is pretty awful,
isn't he?

[ Giggles ]

"I once read...
Shh!
[ Laughing ]

"that the decline
of the Roman empire

was the result of
too-frequent bathing."

[ Snorts ]
Shh! Shh!

Shh.

"Some speculate...

"that rampant adultery

is a possible cause
of earthquakes."

I'm sorry
you had to witness that.

[ Sobbing Quietly ]

I think I really fell
in love with you tonight.

Seeing you here.

Do you think we can
make this work, Mac?

I don't know.

I've-- I've heard
some people

just don't
fit together.

There's no one
I'd rather be with.

Physically?
I mean--

If only there were
some way to know.

That's it, Mac.

Every problem has a solution--
even this one.

We just need to talk
to someone, an expert
who's studied the matter.

What are you doing?

Why waste any more time?

Your hymen shows
an inordinate thickness.

Dr. Kinsey,
how large is your penis?

Excuse me?

When erect,
how large is it?

How long
from the scrotum?
Here?

Here?

Here?

I'm surprised
you didn't pass out.

Is there anything
we can do?

It's a common-enough problem.
Would you like to
take care of it today?

Sure.
[ Chuckles ]

[ Bell Tolling ]
[ Chattering ]

[ Clara Gasps ]
[ Kinsey Grunting ]

[ Both Moaning ]

[ Gasping, Panting ]

Oh!
God!

God. God.
[ Laughing ]

[ Martin ] What was
the maximum number of times

you had intercourse
with your spouse
in any seven-day period?

I'd say... 20 or so.

At least three times a day
the first week,

so 21, at a minimum.

Is there tongue kissing
during foreplay?

- Yes.
- Yes.

- Hand on breast?
- Yes.

- Mouth?
- Hand on female genitalia?

- Hand on penis?
- Yes.

Mouth
on female genitalia?

- Mouth on penis?
- Yes.

- Yes.
- Yes.

- Yes.
- Yes.

Yes.

Yes, yes, yes.

I became pregnant with Anne
in 1923.

I decided to give up
my graduate work.

By the time Anne was born,
I had collected
over 200,000 gall wasps.

Joan came along
a year later.

Just after Joan's fifth
birthday, I reached my goal
of half a million wasps.

And Bruce
is our youngest.

Bruce found the gall
that hatched
the millionth wasp.

It was in the mountains
outside Mexico City.

They grow up so fast.

[ Man ] We just didn't know
who to talk to,
Professor Kinsey.

[ Kinsey ]
What about your parents?

[ Woman ]
I'd rather die.

[ Man ]
We heard you had good advice for
some of the biology students.

Sexual difficulty among
newly married people is
more common than you think.

It's nothing
to be ashamed of.

- How long
have you been married?
- Two months now.

And, Emily, you've had
absolutely no response
during that time?

It's like I'm dead
down there.

We went to the doctor,
and he said
there's nothing wrong.

Does Ben
ever use his fingers
to excite you?

Um...

why bother,

now that we can
do the real thing?

What's your most common
sexual position?

There's more than one?

Mac and I
are still discovering some.

[ Exhales ]

Emily, were you
sexually experienced
before you got married?

No.
[ Giggles ]

I still thought babies
came out of women's navels.

[ Chuckles ]

Did you ever masturbate?

It's all my fault.

I'm damaged in some way.

I'm frigid.

I don't think
that's the problem at all.

Ben, do you ever
perform oral sex on Emily?

Uh, I-- I don't know
what that means, sir.

Genital kissing.

[ Stammers Quietly ]

My brother told me
that that causes problems

later on...

with having babies.

Oh, I don't think
that's true.

No, I heard that too.

I can assure you,
there's no relation between
oral sex and pregnancy.

But how do you know?

How do I know
the Earth is round?
It just is.

But... has anyone
actually proven

that there's
no connection?

If you're asking
whether there's been
a scientific study

devoted to the subject
of oral copulation
and fertility,

well...

frankly,
I don't know.

Well,

then how can you be sure?

I felt like
a blundering amateur.

I couldn't imagine
where those kids'
crazy idea came from

until I discovered this--

Ideal Marriage:
Its Physiology and Technique.

Oh, dear.

"Oral contact, while acceptable
as a means of stimulation,

is pathological
if carried through to orgasm
and possibly injurious."

I must be
in grave danger then.

Wait. "The hand should never
be used for the purpose
of sexual excitation.

"There is but one
finger of love with which to
approach the female genitals,

and that is
the male organ."

[ Giggles ]

It's all just hooey.
Morality disguised as fact.

Just do your tie.
Hmm? Oh.

Professor Kinsey's
methods

of collecting vast
numbers of gall wasps

over a wide
geographic range

have made him
a starred scientist.

They have also earned him
his immortal nickname

"Get-A-Million" Kinsey.
[ Guests Laughing ]

[ Mutters ]
"Bore-A-Million" Kinsey.

His new book,
The Origin of Higher
Categories in--

"Sinnips"? "Cynips"?

Close enough.

Traces the origin
of the gall wasp
back to its birthplace

in the Upper Cretaceous.

So, now I give you...

Dr. Kinsey.

Thank you, President Wells,
for that incisive description
of 20 years of work.

[ Clears Throat ]
I thought you might
actually have read my book

until I saw those crib notes
in your palm.

[ Laughing ]
Crib notes!

Of course,
my other book on cynips

hasn't been checked
out of the library
in six years.

I'd be surprised
if a dozen people
have read it.

But I guess I always knew
that gall wasps
weren't going to...

make them beat a path
to my door.

In any case,
thank you, Herman.

This is-- This is splendid.
A really fine event indeed.

Thank you.
[ Wells ]
Cheers, Prok.

Congratulations.
[ Guests ]
Hear! Hear!

[ Woman ]
Cheers.

Some reform-minded
undergraduates

paid me a visit
the other day, Thurman.

They are campaigning
for a sex course.

I already cover sex
in the hygiene class.

Which the student paper
called the most useless
course on campus.

Oh, Kinsey.
I'm glad to see middle age
hasn't softened the edges.

Mrs. Kinsey.
Not only is your class
irrelevant, it's irresponsible.

There's a V.D. epidemic
sweeping this country, Thurman.

And that's my fault?

I don't know whether to be
insulted or flattered.

Besides,
there's a cure
for syphilis,

and it's called abstinence.

Penicillin
works just as well.

Herman, the trustees
appointed you

to shake things up
around here.

Why not address the need
for sex instruction
that deals frankly

with students' real questions,
real concerns?

Open sex instruction
promotes daydreaming.

It is better
to address these matters
in a general medical course.

You mean
an anti-sex course,

with irrelevant gabble
about dahlias and bees.

Gentlemen. Please.

I am going to take
the students' proposal
under advisement.

Good.

But since
I just got this job

and wouldn't mind
hanging on to it
for a couple of weeks,

I think I'm gonna stick with
the hygiene course for now.

[ Projector Motor Running ]
[ Man On Film ]
Medical authorities state

that, of the type
of teenage girls

applying at public health
stations for aid,

the percentage
that is infected
with venereal disease

is always very high.

[ Man Narrating ]
In all of these cases,

where youthful energy
and inquisitiveness
are unrestrained,

** [ Swing ]
the sex urge
is always present,

and promiscuity
nearly always follows...

[ Both Chuckle ]
with its inevitable harvest

of abortions,
illegitimate births and...

disease.

- What's your trouble, Jerry?
- Well, I--

I've got a pretty bad
sore down here.

Just stretch out
on that table over there.
We'll have a look at you.

[ Narrator ]
The story vividly portrays

the misery caused
to innocent victims...

[ Groans ]
by the ignorance
or selfishness

of individuals
infected with syphilis.

[ Doctor ]
You had to learn the hard way

that you can't tell
by the looks of a woman

whether she has syphilis
or not.

I guess
that finishes me.

I'll have to quit school

and go someplace where
people don't know who I am.

[ Narrator ] The cure
for juvenile delinquency is

an education in the dangers
and consequences

of breaking
the time-tested rules

laid down for the regulation
of human conduct.

The idea that men need sex

is a lie.

If it were true,

the boy who exercises
his sex organs regularly

would achieve the greatest
sexual experiences
in later life.

Whereas, in fact, that boy is
likely to be sexually dead

by the time
he reaches adulthood.

Abstinence poses
no difficulty

for the college-age male.

Men don't reach
their sexual peak
until the age of 40.

It is the lower-class male,

often Negro,

who finds it difficult
to control his urges.

However, perfect inhibition,

although an ideal
to be striven for,

is not always achievable.

Stress and the worries
of the day

can lead to
a weakening of resolve,

opening the door
to temptation.

When tense at bedtime,

I find there are
little tricks to relaxing.

If I can't get to sleep,

I like to close my eyes

and think of
all the Johns I know.

- [ Muffled Snickering ]
- Oh.

Well, not only Johns.

Sometimes Peters.

- [ Snickering, Chuckling ]
- How about Dicks?

- [ Loud Laughter ]
- I'm sorry?

If you're here to enroll
in Dr. Kinsey's class,

it's only open to
faculty members and their wives,
graduate students,

seniors
and married undergraduates.

[ Groans ]

Come back and try
in the spring.

Are you a senior?

Um, we're engaged.

Congratulations.
Thank you.

Why offer
a marriage course?

Because society
has interfered

with what should be a normal
biological development,

causing a scandalous delay
of sexual activity

which leads to
sexual difficulty
in early marriage.

In an uninhibited society,
a 12-year-old would know
most of the biology

which I will have to give you
in formal lectures.

So, let's start
with the six stages
of the coital sequence.

Stimulation,

lubrication,
erection,

increased sensitivity,

orgasm
and nervous release.

Both sexes experience
all six stages equally.

Stimulation.

Who can tell me
which part of the human body

can enlarge
a hundred times?

Um... miss.

I'm sure I don't know.

And you've no right
to ask me such a question
in a mixed class.

I was referring to
the pupil of your eye,
young lady.

[ Class Laughing ]

And I think I should tell you

you're in for
a terrible disappointment.

[ Laughing Continues ]

It is often with the eye
that stimulation begins.

[ Gasping, Murmuring ]

The actual adjustments
which are made in the male
and female genitalia

are shown on this slide.

The vagina
must be spread open

as the erect male organ
penetrates.

You will see that
the clitoris is swollen,

thus providing
the erotic stimulation
necessary

for the completion of the act
on the part of the female.

[ Gasping Continues ]

You will also see that
this point on the penis,

which is one of
the most sensitive points,
is similarly stimulated.

[ Thunder Rumbling ]

Ohh!
[ Groans ]

Where on earth
did you get that cap?

Oh. Professor Kinsey.
I'm sorry.

It's a whaler's hat.

Not very pretty,
but extremely practical
in a storm.

- Do I know you?
- I'm in your marriage course.
Clyde Martin.

How are you finding it,
Mr. Martin?

Oh, it's the most
enlightening class
I've ever taken.

Well, I'd better get going.
I've got a job interview
at the zoology department.

Forget that.
Come with me.

All right.

[ Murmuring,
Chattering ]

Don't worry. Dr. Kinsey
will be staying late.

He'll get to all of you.

Can too much sex
cause cancer?

Will wearing high heels
make me sterile?

I think my vagina's
abnormally shaped.

Can you get syphilis
from a whistle?

Is homosexuality
a form of insanity?

I think about my cat.

A lot!

Does su-s-s-suppressing sex

lead to stuttering?

[ Kinsey ]
"Is my penis
smaller than most?"

"Does too much masturbation
cause premature ejaculation?"

"Is it unusual for my boyfriend
to touch my anus?"

All excellent questions.

They all have
the same answer--

I don't know.

From a sexual standpoint,
it's hard to say
what's common or rare

because we know so little
about what people actually do.

This leaves most of us
feeling anxious or guilty.

Am I interested
in the right things?

Do I do things
the normal way?

One of the ways
of finding out
what people do

is to find out
what they've done.

So please,
take the time to fill out
these sex questionnaires.

Try to be
as accurate and honest
as you possibly can.

This will only work--
Pass them along, please.

This will only work
if you tell the truth.

[ Martin ]
Dr. Kinsey, this is
really... amazing.

These colors
are incredible.

It's the most
complete collection
east of the Mississippi.

We have over 250
separate varieties
of irises.

[ Grunting ]

Good work, Martin,
but you're using
the wrong muscle group.

Come on. Here. Bend the legs.
Use the thighs.

Okay.
The arms should only
be used to guide.

No, you do it.
Guide.

Ah!

Lemonade.

Mac, these responses
will floor you.

The gap between
what we assume people do
and what they actually do

is enormous.

[ Martin ]
You know what amazes me?

There's no relation between
how sexy a girl looks
and her sex life.

The ugly ones seem to
get all the action.

I always thought "ugly"
was an ugly word.

Sorry.

Not only does every male
in the class have
a history of masturbation.

Most of the women do too.

That doesn't surprise me.

What about premarital sex?

About a third
of the married men claim
at least one experience.

- It's only one in 10
for the women.
- If they're telling the truth.

[ Martin ]
And there's
extramarital sex too.

Not just heterosexual,
but homosexual.

I just wish we could
get more volunteers.

A hundred cases
is hardly representative.

Maybe it's because
it's a questionnaire.

Feels too much like homework
or a test.

I agree. Also, people don't know
if they can trust you.

They have to be sure
their secrets are safe.
But that's ridiculous.

Everyone knows
I keep those questionnaires
under lock and key.

Clyde has a point.

You're asking people
to reveal information
that's very sensitive,

possibly even damaging.

What if you just
talked to them?

Then all their secrets
would be in your head.

Martin, you should have
spoken up months ago.

I can't tell.
Was that a compliment?

Yes, I think it was.

People resist at first.

But I'm trying
to choreograph
the questions

so they'll be disarmed
into answering.

How many different things
have you put in there, Daddy?

It's the Kinsey stew,
sweetie.

"Clean out
the refrigerator" night,
you mean.

Martin's been
surprisingly helpful.

He's an ideal
practice subject,

since he's had relations
with both men and women.

Where have you been?
Swim practice.

How'd it go?
Pretty good.

Coach said he might start me
at the next meet.
Bruce, that's wonderful.

I told you there won't be
any more swimming unless
your science grades improve.

I can't help it, Dad.
I hate biology.

That's because you have never
developed your intellect.

Physical activity
is important, son,

but your interest
in sports is excessive.

Yes. Maybe he should
take up engineering instead.

The one-on-one
is turning out to be
so elastic.

Talking to people
yields more information
than I ever imagined.

I think it will prove to be
a groundbreaking technique.

What if they make things up?
That's what I'd do.

I'm building in
little trip wires to catch
lies and inconsistencies.

- Would you like to take
my sex history, Daddy?
- Do you have a sex history?

No.

What about you, Anne?
You've been dating Jim
for a while now.

We've done
some petting.

I figured we wouldn't
try intercourse
until college.

That's probably better.

If Anne can have intercourse,
I should be able to too.

Your sister's 18
and seriously involved
with someone.

Does it hurt?

- What, dear?
- Breaking the hymen.

Oh...

just a little--
it's nothing too bad.

It helps if you spread the vula
to facilitate penetration.

Can we please talk
about something else for once?

Other families don't do this.
It isn't normal.

When did you become
such a prig?

My friends aren't even allowed
to come over here. Their
parents think you're a menace!

You spend too much time in
the water. All that chlorine's
done something to your brain!

- Have you learned nothing?
- Sometimes I don't know
where he came from.

Nothing!

Bruce? Bruce.

I don't wanna talk about it.
He won't get off my back.

[ Horn Honks ]
[ Train Passing ]

[ Kinsey ]
I heard about this community
from a former student of mine.

This is my third trip,
and already the results
have been astounding.

By my calculation,
there are over 300,000 cases
here in Chicago,

and no one's
ever even bothered
to talk to them before.

It's a gold mine
of information, Martin,

and we've got it
all to ourselves.

** [ Jazz ]
[ Chattering, Laughing ]

What'll it be,
handsome?

Two scotches.

I find liquor
is an essential tool
for social lubrication,

although it has involved
more drinking

than I thought I would
ever do in a lifetime.

Let's get started.

Hello, I'm Professor Kinsey
from Indiana University,

and I'm making a study
of sex behavior.

Can we sit and talk?
I assume you're joking.

No, I'm not.

I'd be grateful if you'd
answer some questions
about your sexual history.

Mary here
is a professor.

She says she wants to study
my sex behavior.

- Well, tell her
to stick around and watch.
- [ Man Chuckling ]

Andy's here. You have to
see what he's wearing.
[ Sighs ] I can't wait.

That Andy.

Hello. I'm Professor Kinsey
from--

Excuse me.
I'm Professor Kinsey.

Excuse me-- Hello.

I'm Professor Kinsey
from Indiana University,

and I'm making a study
of sex behavior.

- Can I ask you
a few questions?
- I've heard about you.

- You're the sex doctor, right?
- I guess I am.

If you'd be kind enough
to talk to me, it would be
of great help to science.

Sure.
What do you want to know?

[ Man ]
Same boy.
Tommy Potts.

We were messin' around
in a haystack,

you know,
the way kids'll do.

Pop walked in,

found us,
locked us in the barn.

[ Sighs ]
Called my brothers in.

They, um--

They branded us.

Took turns doin' it.

Then they beat us raw.

Broke a couple ribs,
collarbone.

Tommy, he, uh--

he didn't make out
as well as I did.

- What age were you?
- Thirteen.

And you've been
on your own since then?

I get by.

It's not that I mind
being queer.

'Cause I don't.

It's just, um,

I wish other folks
weren't so put out by it.

Homosexuality
happens to be

out of fashion
in society now.

That doesn't mean
it won't change someday.

Right.

[ Scoffs ]

But why didn't I
see it before?

Human beings are just
bigger, slightly more
complicated gall wasps.

All I have to do is collect
more than anyone else,

and homosexuals
are the perfect place
to start.

- [ Laughing ]
- What?

I'm sorry. I just had an image
of some of our friends
hearing you right now.

As if the marriage course
isn't bad enough.

Now, Prok, promise me

you'll get at least four hours'
sleep before heading back.

Of course.

And let Clyde share
in the driving.

Prok?

Okay, Mac.

I'll sign off now.

[ Water Running ]
I love you.

Love you too.

[ Dial Tone ]

You know what
impressed me tonight?

Mmm?

The way
that you talk to people.

You can get just about anybody
to open up.

Oh, well, it's just
a matter of, uh,

putting yourself
on their level.

No, it's more than that.

You really seem to care.

- This rating scale of yours?
- Mm-hmm?

Uh, zero to six--

Zero being
exclusively heterosexual,

and, uh, six being
exclusively homosexual.

A great many people line up
somewhere in the middle.

What makes you think
that's true?
Common sense.

Remember,
about a third of our
heterosexual histories

have homosexual acts,
and vice versa.

Right.

I guess I'm about a three,
huh?

Based on
your sexual history,

I'd say
that's, um, right.

How about you?

I suppose I've been
a one or two...

most of my life,

even though
it's taken a long time

to recognize it.

And now?

Probably...

th-three.

Have you ever done
anything about it?

Would you like to?

I've taken on so many
other people's secrets.

I don't want
any of my own,

and certainly not
with you.

You still haven't
said anything.

It's not like I'm...

surprised exactly.

I've observed...

certain things
over the years.

Such as?

A look or a gesture.

[ Sniffles ]

The pet student
who suddenly becomes
a member of the family

and then just as suddenly
disappears when you tire of him.

I think you must know me
better than I know myself.

But I'm not sure...

I understand.

Haven't I always been open
to whatever you wanted?

It's not you, Mac.
You're the best partner
any man could have.

I'm just not enough.
Is that it?

[ Sighs ]

Please, Mac.

This is inside of me.
To what extent,
I don't know.

But I'd be a hypocrite
if I pretended
it wasn't there.

- When I took your history--
- Don't! Don't!

...didn't you admit to having
sexual feelings for other men?
Don't use that against me!

I'm sorry. But what
keeps you from acting on
your feelings? Convention.

No! It's our marriage!
It's our children!

Exactly.
Social restraints.

Did you ever
stop to think that perhaps
those restraints are there

to keep people
from hurting each other?

I don't sleep with other men
because I love you

and I don't want
to hurt you.

But what if it didn't
hurt me?

Then I'd be hurt.

You're just afraid that
I won't love you anymore,
which is impossible, Mac.

The human animal
is capable of all kinds
of sexual expression.

Not all sex has to be
sanctioned by love,
enriched by emotion.

- To the Greeks--
- Stop!

Stop lecturing, Prok.

Stop using science
to justify what you've done.

Oh, Mac.

Mac.
[ Whimpers ]

Listen to me.

You're my girl.
You always will be.

The bond we have,
the life we share--

sex is nothing
compared to that.

I can't talk
about this anymore.

** [ Classical ]

[ Kinsey's Voice ]
Most people think that
what they do sexually

is what everyone does

or should do.

But I might remark

that nearly all the so-called
sexual perversions

fall within the range
of biologic normality.

For example, masturbation,

mouth-genital contacts,
and homosexual acts

are common
among most mammals,

including humans.

Society might
condemn such practices
on moral grounds.

However, it's ludicrous
to call them unnatural.

But based on
the first Book of Genesis

and according to
public opinion,

there's only one
correct sexual equation--

man plus woman
equals baby.

Everything else is vice.

But the orgasm record

of the males
in this classroom alone

proves the ineffectiveness
of social restrictions

and the imperativeness
of the biologic demand.

Why are some cows
highly sexed

while others
just stand there?

Why do some men
need 30 orgasms a week

and others almost none?

Because everyone
is different.

The problem is, most people
want to be the same.

They find it easier
to simply ignore

this fundamental aspect
of the human condition.

They're so eager
to be part of the group

that they'll betray
their own nature
to get there.

If something pleasurable
and strongly desired
is prohibited,

it becomes an obsession.

Think about this.

** [ Classical Continues ]

** [ Ends ]

You have better things
to do

than help
a middle-aged woman home
with her groceries.

Prok got worried
when he couldn't reach you.

Said he had to
take histories
later this evening,

so he'd like
an early dinner.

Hmph.
Preferably 5:00.

Hardly gives me time
to boil an egg.

Can I help?
No. I'll manage.

I just-- I'm sorry
he made you play messenger.

No. I volunteered.

Mmm.

Hear that?

What?
The sound
of an empty nest.

[ Chuckles ]

Must be a big adjustment.
Have you heard
from Bruce yet?

No. He's loving college.

Maybe it's just
being away from here.

Oh.
Would you like
a piece of pie?

Rhubarb?
Have a seat.

You know, Clyde,
I didn't like you
very much at first.

I don't blame you.

Most women would have
had me murdered.
Oh, I considered it.

I hate to think of myself
as conventional.

But if this had to happen,

I'm glad it was you.

And I... have to admit
there have been some benefits.

It certainly
sparked things up sexually.

I suppose we'd both grown bored
without even realizing it.

I think you've handled it
remarkably well.

I learned something
a long time ago.

Once Prok has his mind set,
it's no use trying to stop him.

Yes.

He is...

relentless.

Clyde?

You know, this thing
between Prok and me,

it was fine for a while,
but...

I guess I just really miss
sleeping with women.

That's perfectly understandable.

It's clear from your history,
you have a greater sexual
interest in women than men.

Good.

Then you won't mind if I
ask Mac to have sex with me?

I mean, only if it appeals
to you, of course.

- Would it be separately
or together?
- Oh, definitely just you and I.

Oh, I think I might like that.

What do you think,
Prok?

- [ Mac Moans ]
- [ Both Laughing ]

Mac.
The Rockefeller Foundation
is coming today.

You-You know, I enjoy this...
tremendously.

We still have to catalog
those prints, Martin.

Please.
Coming, Prok.

It's just--
It's a very full day.
Mm-hmm.

Coming!

[ Kinsey ] One key to
understanding a foreign culture
is its pornography.

Every culture produces
its own peculiar
sexual imagery--

as distinct as its cuisine.

As you can see,
Brazil's imagery tends towards
zoophilia

while Italy favors
nuns and priests.

In England,
one often sees depictions
of the stern headmistress--

wankers and spankers.

While in the Far East,
it's soft "flage"
and light bondage.

You've amassed
an impressive collection.

Thank you. Only what
I've been able to afford
from my own savings.

But if the Rockefeller
Foundation agrees to our grant,

some of that money will help us
build a world-class library.

- Um, Herman?
That's 200 years old.
- [ Class Bell Rings ]

- Oh.
- Have you any idea
when you might decide?

Prok, please,
Dr. Gregg just got here.

[ Wells Chuckles ]
Sometimes I'm amazed
anything has survived.

The Library of Congress
has a policy

of destroying whatever
it considers too erotic.

The loss to science has
been, uh, incalculable.
[ Claps Hands ]

There's plenty of time
to take your sex histories
before dinner.

Who'd like to go first?

I--

[ Stammering ]
I-I-- I don't, uh--

Early in my bug-hunting days,
someone asked me
what I was looking for.

I said I wouldn't know
until I saw it statistically.

A scientist
can only generalize
with reliable certainty

if he has enough
statistical information.

Is this your first time
in Bloomington, Dr. Gregg?

Yes. It's lovely.
Hillier than I expected.

[ Kinsey ]
That's why I've broken
the American population down

into 200
major social subgroups.

We'll get anywhere from 400

to a thousand histories
from each group

for a total of 100,000,
give or take a few.

It could take 20 years,
but, at the end, we'll
finally be able to answer

most of the basic questions
about human sexuality.

Herman,
is the pot roast dry?

No. It's delicious.

The first publication
will be a male volume

followed a year later
by the female study,

then another nine books
dealing with sex offenders,
homosexuality,

pregnancy and abortion
and art--

studied from a sexual
standpoint, of course.

With the children gone,
I don't get to cook
big meals anymore.

Mac.
Let's get to the point.

This project is one of
the greatest ever undertaken

in connection
with the human animal.

But without support from
the Rockefeller Foundation,

it will never
get off the ground.

There are those
who argue that...

sex is largely
a matter of feelings

and psychological attitudes--

things beyond your training
as a zoologist.

That's like saying a biochemist
can't analyze cooking

because he's not a chef.

- It's inane.
- Prok, come on.

That is, it's really
a very stupid way
of looking at things.

One of the aims of science
is to simplify.

The only way to study sex
with any scientific accuracy

is to strip away everything
but its physiological functions.

And this team
you're proposing?

I'll need two pair of hands
at least-- both with advanced
degrees in science.

And Clyde Martin, of course.

[ Gregg ]
Since you're working
in such a delicate area,

they need to be as clean
as Fuller Brush men.

Um--

Door-to-door salesmen,
Prok.

I think what Dr. Gregg
is saying is that anyone
involved in the project

needs to have motives that are
entirely pure and scientific
and above reproach morally.

- I couldn't agree more.
- [ Gregg ] Ah.

- Now, there's one more thing.
- Mm-hmm?

I hope you're not planning
to dwell on sexual oddities
and perversions.

Science is always interested
in the rare.

Yes, but it's advisable
to stick to what's normal.

You don't want
to shake people up.

Of course not. I'm just
a taxonomist-- a measurer.

I'm happy to leave
the social policies to others.

Ah. Ah.

Well, that all sounds good.
Very good.

So, if you're ready,

I'd like to begin with a few
background questions.

No. All wrong.
Start by putting
the subject at ease.

Would you care for a drink, Mac?
Why, a glass of water
would be very nice.

Do anything fun
this weekend?

My daughters were in town,
so I never stopped.

We had a marvelous meal
Saturday night.

Really?
What did you cook?
I started with a little--

See how much more relaxed
she's become?

If you ease in
with innocuous questions,

people forget
they're giving sex histories.

How did you first
find out about masturbation?

I invented it, son.

Sometimes I tie a rope
around my balls
when I jerk off.

- And what other masochistic
acts do you enjoy?
- Does that mean "queer"?

How often do you
have intercourse?

- Two or three times.
- A month?

No, a day.
Mmm.

How often
do you reach orgasm?

- Once.
- A day?

No. Only once.

About 20 years ago.

I was sitting on a piano stool
listening to music.

Mm. Oh, that's good.

How old were you when you first
engaged in sexual activity
with a partner?

- [ Foreign Accent ]
Fourteen.
- How?

With horse.

How often were you having
intercourse with animals
at age 14?

Is true.
I fucked a pony.

You are genius.
How did you know?

You just said
you had sex with a horse.

No. Whores.

Not horse.
Whores.

Do you find my answers
typical?

- Am I normal?
- Am I normal?

[ Man, Foreign Accent ]
Am I normal?

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

Yes. I found a book
in the dining room buffet

under all the tablecloths,

and I used to put it
under my shirt

and go into the bathroom
and sit and read it.

But I was very frightened.

[ Man ] She told her mother
that she didn't like it.
How will I get it back?

Or maybe
it was just her mother
who didn't like it.

Before you know it,
the police bangin'
on the front door.

Hell, I didn't even
know it was illegal.

Now I'm in here for five years.
One of them old gals
caught me out in the field.

I guess I was about
nine, 10.

And she say she was gonna
show me a new game
called "puddin'."

And, well, I guess
I kinda liked it.
[ Indistinct ]

Horses in the stable,
and by watching them--
[ Continues, Indistinct ]

The father said,
"I put my roll of bills
in your mother's pocketbook,

and I got you for change."
But it felt good.

[ Voices Overlapping,
Blending ]

[ Overlapping Voices Continue ]

[ Woman ] I saw myself
as nasty and terrible--
[ Man ] I believe in God--

[ Overlapping Voices
Continue ]

[ Elderly Woman ]
I went to my mother--

"Mama, is this true?

Do men put their thing
in women?"

[ Man ]
I only did it that one time.

[ Overlapping Voices Continue ]

If you weren't a virgin,
you were a fallen woman.
Nobody would want you.

Tested us for, uh,
masculine and feminine traits.

- They were both naked.
- It was part of me.

[ Voices Overlapping,
Blending ]

[ Voices Speeding Up ]

[ Overlapping Voices
Murmuring ]

You may kiss the bride.

Did you hear Professor Kinsey
found a place for us to live?

Oh, let me guess.
It's just a few blocks
from here.

- How did you know?
- He likes to keep
the troops in one place.

- [ Chuckles ]
- At least you passed the test.

- What do you mean?
- Well, he took
your sex history, didn't he?

Mm-hmm.

Well, he wouldn't have
let Clyde marry you
unless you fit in.

Uh, didn't Clyde mention
the calendars?

Prok likes for us
to keep a record
of our sexual activity.

- Tell them about that dream
you had the other night.
- Mmm!

I was in the middle
of the most intense
erotic encounter--

He wouldn't say who with.
when all of a sudden
the doors flew open,

and there was Prok
standing there with
that stern look of his.

"Gebhard, hurry up! You're
wasting countless thousands
of hours of project time."

Well, needless to say,
the mood was broken.

So he woke up,
and I had to take over. It was
the quickest orgasm he ever had.

We're trying
to get pregnant again,

so, uh, there was no raincoat
to dull the sensation.

[ All Laugh ]
Oh.

Do the Kinseys know
that you talk like this?

[ Pomeroy ]
Uh--

- Could I get a picture?
- Um,

why don't you call me
when you get back
from the honeymoon?

We'll have
a nice long lunch.

- Look at the birdie.
- Oh.

No, I've got the report.
Thank you.

[ Pomeroy ]
Uh, often among boys who live
in cities and towns, comma,

[ Typing ]
less often among farm boys,
period.

[ Gebhard ]
Perhaps you want to say
"boys from small towns"

instead of "farm boys."
Say-Say farm boys.
Farm boys.

What's the difference?
He's gonna rewrite it
anyway.

Henry.

Everything looks
in order here.

You can have
either Thanksgiving
or Christmas off.

Your choice entirely.
[ No Audible Dialogue ]

Do you need anything
before I go?

We'll never get this book done
if people start leaving early.

I'll stay if you let me
help you with these.

You don't have the time
to answer each one
personally.

If people
take the trouble to write,
it's the least I can do.

Mrs. Kinsey
said to remind you
to come home to eat.

And your father phoned again.
Do you want me to talk to him?

No. I'll do it.

[ Door Closes ]

[ Birds Calling ]
[ Man ]
For thine is the kingdom

and the power
and the glory forever.

Amen.
[ Mourners ]
Amen.

Hello, Mildred.
Mr. Morrissey.

Come say hello to Father.

[ People Chattering Quietly ]

I'm very sad for you,
Alfred.

Well, it's not as though
I'll be alone.

My daughter's too fat
to get a husband.

And my son's
lost his business.
He moved back home.

The only one I got rid of
is the big scientist.

Now he's working on some...
secret project.

He was always
the secretive type.

Would you really like to know
what I'm working on, Father?

Oh, listen to this.
He's gonna tell me
his big secret.

It's really
not a secret at all.

I'm trying to find out
what people do sexually.

[ Gasps ]

You heard right, Father.
It's a sex study.

[ People Gasping, Murmuring ]

Well, what do you expect me
to do, applaud?

No.

But I would like you
to contribute to the project.

Oh.

And you first moved
to Hoboken at what age?

Sixteen.

Could have done this interview
without me, Al.

I haven't told you a damn thing
you didn't already know.

Let's move on then.

- How young were you
when you first masturbated?
- What?

- Touched yourself.
- I never did that.

The male without a history
of masturbation
is almost nonexistent.

Well, he exists, Al,
and you're looking at him.

This isn't gonna work.

I don't know
why I bothered.

Stay where you are.

I'll try again.

How often
did your masturbation
occur in adolescence?

There was a problem, a--

A ch--

"chronic condition,"
the doctors called it.

How long
did this continue?

I was outfitted...

with a tight strap
that I had to wear
at all times.

It-- It kept me from
coming into contact
with my genitals.

It was a--

a highly embarrassing remedy,
but it-it proved effective.

The condition was cured.

How old were you?

I-I was 10.

I'm so sorry, Dad.

I'm feeling
a little tired now.

Sounds to me like you're
wasting your time, Al.

Nobody wants to know
about these things.

[ Door Closes ]

How are you?
When can we
see Dr. Kinsey?

Hey. Hey, that's him!
That's Kinsey!
There he is!

* It's too darn hot
My name
is Dr. Thurman Rice,

and I'd be happy to talk to you
about Professor Kinsey's--

Over here!
repugnant book.

You are free to read
and take notes,

but under no circumstances
is the manuscript
to leave the room.

I won't deny the going
might get a little rough.

Dr. Kinsey's findings
are surprising,
sometimes even shocking.

For example, marital sex,
which is really the only kind
everyone agrees on,

is only one of nine means
by which the American male
achieves orgasm.

Premarital sex,
extramarital sex,

masturbation,
and homosexuality

are much more prevalent
than anyone has ever
imagined before.

I can assure you
that Dr. Kinsey

has done everything
in his power

to present this book
tastefully.

So, I thought this
might be a good time

to ask for a formal
show of support.

Those in favor.

* I'd like to coo
with my baby tonight *

* And pitch the woo
with my baby tonight *

* I'd like to coo
with my baby tonight *

I just hope it's not going
to bring too much publicity.

With any luck,
Mrs. Spaulding,

the general public
won't even notice.

* According to
the Kinsey Report *

* Every average man you know

* Much prefers his lovey-dovey
to court *

* When the temperature is low

* But when the thermometer
goes way up *

* And the weather
is sizzlin' hot *

* Mr. Gob for his squab

That'll be "sex-fifty"
please.
* A marine for his queen

* A G.I. for his cutie-pie
is not *

* 'Cause it's too, too
too darn hot *

* It's too darn hot

* It's too darn hot
[ Kinsey Lecturing ]
In an open society,

it is done
through observation.

* It's too darn hot *
But in a Puritan culture,

sex remains a dirty secret,

often made dreadful through
plain ignorance of what to do.
** [ Continues ]

[ Rice ] Mark my words, as soon
as the publicity dies down,

the American public
will greet this book

with the thundering silence
it deserves.
** [ Ends ]

What brings you to New York,
Dr. Kinsey?

We'll be taking
the sex histories
or artists, writers and actors,

including the entire cast
of A Streetcar Named Desire.

We'll also be interviewing
women for our next book,
which is a female study,

as well as meeting
with our benefactors
at the Rockefeller Foundation.

Are you surprised
at the success
of your book?

No. It shows that the world
has wanted this done.

Any plans on a Hollywood pictue
based on the book?

I can't think of anything
more pointless.

[ Laughter ]
What about you,
Mrs. Kinsey?

Has your life
changed much?

My husband's busier than ever.

I hardly see him
since he's taken up sex.

[ Reporter ] What about this
female study, Mrs. Kinsey?

[ Overlapping Questions,
Chattering ]

Gentlemen.
Gentlemen, gentlemen. Please.

If you want to write
about something useful,

I suggest you look into the
current sex offender codes.

The majority of sex offenders
in our prisons

have nothing
in their histories

different from the rest
of the population.

Their only crime is being
too poor to hire a lawyer.

This is unfair.
Everybody's sin is nobody's sin.

And everybody's crime
is no crime at all.

[ Overlapping Questions,
Chattering ]

"Everybody's sin
is nobody's sin."

That wasn't my point at all.

The newspapers
lift things out of context
to make sensational reading.

Still, it's hardly your place
to offer moral prescriptions.

You're sounding more like
a-a preacher than a scientist.

[ Laughing ]

My father always hoped
I'd become a preacher.

And why do you insist on
flaunting your association
with the foundation?

Haven't I just given you
the best-selling scientific
volume ever published?

Not only here
but across the globe.
Yes.

And it's casting a bright light
on every aspect of the project,

especially some of
your latest methodology.

Who have you
been talking to?

- Well, I assume
that most of it is gossip.
- Alan.

It's been said that, uh,

you've taken to
observing women.

- Go on.
- In a heightened state
of arousal.

It's true?

Yes. And do you know why?

We went to the leading
gynecologists and asked
for physical measurements,

and they barely knew
what we were talking about.

When it comes to
female sex organs,

we're all tragically ignorant.

[ Silent Stammer ]
Who are these women?

- Volunteers.
Friends of the project.
- Prostitutes.

No. Prostitutes are useless.
They fake their orgasms.

Jesus--
Alan.

The sex histories we have
are invaluable.

Everyone knows true science
lies in direct observation.

Nothing can replace
what the eye can see directly.

- Or the camera.
- Camera?

Don't tell me.
Y-You're making movies?

Just some photographic studies
of mammalian behavior.

Oh. Nature films.

Animals.

Yes, if you like.

Gentlemen,
you're about to meet
a truly rare creature.

Even the most casual contact

arouses a sexual response
in her.

In intercourse,
her first orgasm occurs

within two to five seconds
after entry.
[ Mac Clears Throat ]

- All set there, Barbara?
- [ Woman ] I think so.

Come on in.

- Hello.
- How do you do?

Did I mention that Barbara
didn't have her first orgasm
until she was 40?

Notice how she gently strokes
the inner lips and the clitoris.

Eighty-four percent of our
sample stimulate themselves
in this way.

What about the vagina?

For all but a small minority
of women, the vaginal tube
is a dead cavity

practically devoid
of nerve endings.

As you can see,
the introduction of the penis

does nothing to relocate
the source of stimulation,

even with as skillful
a partner as Pomeroy.

- That is you, isn't it?
- Last time I looked.

For years, women have been told
that a clitoral orgasm
is immature, neurotic.

So they've struggled
with great anxiety

to relocate the orgasm
in the vagina,

when, for many,
it's a biologic impossibility.

According
to the psychoanalysts,
this woman is frigid.

[ Kinsey ]
Good news, everyone.

The Rockefeller Foundation
announced its annual grants
today.

We've received $40,000
for the next year--

the highest grant
they've ever bestowed
on a scientific project.

[ Group Chattering ]
Well.

And they've agreed
to underwrite
a new corporation,

making us future employees
of the Institute
for Sex Research.

[ Group Exclaiming ]

To Dr. Kinsey.
[ Group ]
Hear! Hear!

[ Martin ]
And Mrs. Kinsey.
[ Group ] Hear! Hear!

And to our husbands--
the Fuller Brush men of sex.

[ All Laughing ]
Come here,
my little prick nibbler.

[ Group ]
Oh.

[ Kinsey ]
Come on.
Everyone, enjoy yourselves.

Ah. You don't look happy.

No, I am. Really.

It's just that Clyde
is going to be away
for so long this time.

Ah. Well, don't worry.
I'll keep an eye on him.

A lot of good
that will do.

What are you trying
to say, Mrs. Martin?

God, you're pretty.

[ Kisses ]
[ Kinsey ] Drink up
your grape juice, gentlemen.

We have gathered only
9,300 histories,

and we have
the female volume to complete.

Starting tomorrow,
we need to triple our efforts.

Well, it's still tonight,
and since my third leg
keeps hittin' me in the face,

I think it's time
for a tumble.

[ Laughs ]

In the bonobo chimpanzee--
our nearest primate relation--

sex is the glue
of social cohesion and peace.

[ Continues Dictation ]
Cleared of notions
like romantic love

or religion or morality,

their society's behavior
hangs together

as a coherent unit
of biology and conditioning.

Based on the experiences
of females who have
contributed to our histories,

we have observed
a wide range of motivations
for extramarital coitus.

At times, it is a conscious
or unconscious attempt
to acquire social status.

In other instances,
it gives them
a variety of experiences

with new sexual partners
who are sometimes superior
to their marriage partner.

There are occasions
when it is done
in retaliation

for the partner's
extramarital activity

or for some sort
of nonsexual mistreatment.

Some females
discover new sources
of emotional satisfaction,

while others find it
impossible to share
such an intimate relationship

with more than one partner.

We have also encountered
a considerable group of cases

in which husbands encourage
their wives to engage in
extramarital activities

in an honest attempt
to give them the opportunity

for additional
sexual satisfaction.

[ Kinsey ]
I've corresponded with this man
for over 10 years, Pomeroy,

but I never thought
he'd agree to meet.

He's amassed
a lifetime of data.

Working for the Forestry
Department has involved
a lot of traveling,

so I've met
a wide array of people.

By the way,
my name is--
Please. There's no need.

Kenneth Braun.
Don't worry, Dr. Kinsey.

I trust you.

We're actually
a lot alike, you know.

How so?
I record everything
too--

the depth of every vagina
I've encountered,

the length and circumference
of every penis,

the time to reach orgasm,

the distance
of ejaculation.

I've written it all down.

This is the record of my--
my life's real work,

which is sex, by the way.

Um, I find that
recording is a--

is a way to experience things
a second time, don't you?

I also have certain...
rare abilities.

From a completely
flaccid start,

I can become erect
and ejaculate
in 10 seconds flat.

I'd say that's pretty much
physiologically impossible.

Why, the rush of blood alone
would--

[ Panting ]

[ Grunting ]

Oh! Oh!
[ Exhales ]

Shall we get started?

My grandmother introduced me
to sexual intercourse
when I was 10.

My first homosexual act
was, uh, with my father.

Uh, I was 11--

Of the 33 members
of my extended family,

I've had sex
with 17 of them.

That's five generations now.

My penis is 8.24 inches long,

with a diameter of 2.8 inches
when fully erect.

In my youth, I averaged
eight cubic centimeters
of semen per ejaculation.

By the time I was 50,
I was down to five.

I've had sex with 22
separate species of animals.

I've had intercourse
with 9,412 people.

I've had sexual relations
with...

605 preadolescent males and...

231 preadolescent
females.

Have you ever seen
a boy orgasm?

No.

No, right.

I guess that's why
I'm such a catch.

Physiologically,
it's almost identical
to an adult orgasm.

Screw this.
I'll see you
down at the bar.

[ Door Closes ]

I thought you trained them
to be impartial.

Sometimes it's difficult.

Yeah, well, I suppose
someone like me

really puts your beliefs
to the test, huh?

How?
You know.

- Everybody should do
what they want.
- I've never said that.

No one should be forced to do
anything against their will.

No one should ever be hurt.

You know,
you're a lot more square
than I thought you'd be.

Let's get on with it.

Sure.

[ People Chattering ]

[ Wells ]
Please, Governor.

[ Man Shouting Over Phone ]
You're so angry,
I can't reason with you.

When you calm down,
we'll discuss it.

[ Sighs ]
Seems that the archbishop
of Fort Wayne

tipped off
the customs board.

What is it with these people?

They're simply depictions
of man in his natural state.

I don't know much
about natural states, Prok,

but here in
the state of Indiana
we have a problem.

We'll just have to take
the customs office to court.

And who's gonna pay for that,
the Rockefeller Foundation?

You're an inch away
from losing your grant
as it is.

That's not true.
What do you mean?

Hoover is still annoyed
that you won't help him

find homosexuals
in the State Department.

[ Breathes Deeply ]

It is rumored that he is
compiling dossiers... on you,

the activities
of your staff.

And, as you well know,

there have been complaints
about your statistical methods.

Trumped-up nonsense.

Nothing
but disguised prudery.

Prok.

Maybe there were
small mistakes made
in the male study,

but we've corrected them
in the female volume.

This will be
a very great book, Herman.

- Much better than the first.
- Let's hope so.

[ Man On Radio ] Liberty and
license are as far apart...
[ Man #2, Indistinct ]

as liberty and tyranny.

[ Man #3 ] Kinsey
is a deranged Nebuchadnezzar

leading women
out into the fields

to mingle with the cattle.

"Self-appointed messiah
of the sexually despised.

"Having had his way
with the male
of the species,

Kinsey now insecticizes
American womanhood."

Did you get any sleep
at all last night?

How many years do I have
to study human behavior

before I'm no longer
an entomologist?

Why do you read them, Prok?

I'm trying to find out why
people hate this book so.

You told them
their grandmothers

and their daughters
are masturbating,

having premarital sex,
sex with each other.

What did you expect?

Some respect!

[ Rings ]

Don't answer it.

Hello.
[ Man ] Say, Kinsey, what
kind of sick man are you?

Why do you wanna go around
poking your nose--
[ Line Clicking ]

We're in trouble.

The cost of film stock
is astronomical.

Shouldn't
our nonprofit status
get us a discount?

Prok, you've got to let
some of this go.

We need
a full-time accountant.

[ Commotion ]
What in heaven's--

Stop this!
[ Grunting ]

Stop it at once!
In my office.

Gebhard, get in there.

- Everyone, back to work.
- [ Chattering ]

Do you have any idea
what a delicate time
this is?

Our enemies are watching
everything we do.

We can't afford
a single slipup.

This has nothing to do
with the project.

Everything
is about the project!
Oh, it's just a--

a misunderstanding.
No, it's not!

You let things
get out of hand
with Martin's wife,

and now she wants
to leave him.

Isn't that right, Martin?

And what about you, Gebhard?
Are you planning to leave
Agnes and the kids?

No, of course not.
Then end it.

- I've tried.
- It's not difficult.
Just tell her it's over.

- No explanation necessary.
- [ Out Of Breath ]
All right.

[ Exhales ]
Clyde, I'm--

I'm very sorry
about all of this.

I saw this coming.

Gebhard should have
nipped it in the bud.

You are so full of shit!

What are we to you, Prok?
We're just lab rats?

Is this just another part
of the project--

[ Exhales ]
to prove that sex--

No. No, I'm sorry.
Fucking is...

nothing more than-- than
friction and harmless fun?

Well, let me tell you,

that is a risky game, because
fucking isn't just something.

It's the whole thing.

And if you're not careful,

it will cut you wide open.

Go home to your wife, Clyde.
She's going to need you.

[ Door Slams ]
[ Breathes Deeply ]

I thought the rules
were clear.

No intense
romantic entanglements.

They only make
people's lives unstable.

I guess we all can't be
as disciplined as you, Prok.

- [ Door Closes ]
- [ Kinsey ] The question
of marital infidelity

remains one of the most
complicated issues
facing our society today.

Reconciliation of the
married individual's desire

for a variety
of sexual partners

and the maintenance
of a stable marriage

presents a problem which
has not been satisfactorily
resolved in our culture.

The fact is, America
is awash in sexual activity,

only a small portion of which
is sanctioned by society.
[ Whispering Chatter ]

Sexual morality
needs to be reformed,

and science
will show the way.

[ People Whispering,
Indistinct ]

[ Whispering Continues ]
Sometimes--

I sometimes wonder
what this country
would look like if...

the Puritans
had stayed at home.

What if all the rogues
and libertines

had crossed the Atlantic
instead?

[ Clearing Throat ]

[ Constricted Voice ]
But the enforcers of chastity
are massing once again

to dissuade the scientist,
intimidate him,

convince him to...
cease research.

[ Chattering ]
[ Man ]
For heaven's sake!

If you could get him--
[ Indistinct ]
Yes, Mrs. Kinsey.

Mac.

He's killing himself.

And you have
to help me
stop him.

Okay.
Hmm?

[ Door Closes ]

Hi.

[ Weak Voice ]
Doctors say my heart

sounds like
a cement mixer.

At least they found one.

Seems I've developed
a dependency
on barbiturates.

So...

if I've been
a bit harsh lately--

- How's Alice?
- She's fine.

We're fine.
You should get some sleep.

It's always been
my biggest fear, Clyde--

dying before
I finish this work.

[ Snoring Softly ]

In the course of these hearings
on tax-exempt foundations,

we intend to show how
Communists are financed
in the United States.

There is a diabolical
conspiracy back of all this,

and its aim is the furtherance
of socialism in America.

Do you agree
that Kinsey's research

aids the communistic aim

of weakening and destroying
the youth of our country?

I do not agree, sir.

Well, tell me, Dr. Gregg,

does the Rockefeller
Foundation really believe

that it belongs
in the business
of sex research?

I think
it's probably something

the foundation shouldn't
have anything to do with.

[ Spectators Murmuring ]

[ Gregg ]
Dr. Kinsey's project
is now in a position

to obtain support from...

other sources.

[ Spectators Murmuring ]
[ Gavel Rapping ]

[ Gavel Rapping
Continues ]

[ Wells ]
With the loss of support
from the Rockefeller Foundation,

Dr. Kinsey's project
will need other funding
if it is to survive.

** [ Classical ]
Prok?

Prok, you home?

We are running
a budget surplus
due to increased enrollment,

which is a direct result
of Dr. Kinsey's success
and fame.

** [ Continues ]
[ Wells Continues ]
A small amount of this money

would be enough
to keep the project afloat.

Prok?

- Prok?
- [ Wells ] Why don't we
put it to a vote?

All those in favor
of increasing
Dr. Kinsey's grant?

[ Object Clatters ]

That's it then.

This woman
was beaten by her father
when she first menstruated.

Now she's incapable
of physical intimacy
of any kind.

And this man--
"Dear Dr. Kinsey,

"it has taken me
a long time to write to you,

I suppose because
I was too ashamed and I--"

Where'd that blood
come from?

I punctured my foreskin.

I-- I wanted to understand
different--

different kinds of sensations.

It, uh-- It didn't give me
any pleasure.

And there--
And there was only a little--

pain.
[ Crying ]

[ Crying Continues ]

I couldn't help them, Mac.

I couldn't figure it out.

Just stop
punishing yourself.

Now I-- I've ruined it
for everyone.

[ Sobbing ]

[ Sobbing Continues ]

[ Groans Softly ]

This is an exercise
in futility.

Huntington Hartford is heir
to the A&P fortune.

He can solve
your financial problems
with the stroke of a pen.

I won't beg, Mac.

[ Sighs ]
I won't beg.

** [ Piano ]
Ohio deplores fellatio
but tolerates cunnilingus.

Whereas in my home state
of Indiana,

all forms of oral sex
are illegal,
even within marriage.

Mmm. The current sex laws

are completely out of touch
with the real world.

I've had four wives.

Some people say
that makes me
a sex offender.

[ Guests Laughing ]

Well, Hunt, if you keep
interrupting Dr. Kinsey,

you're going to have
to find a fifth.

- [ Guests Chuckling ]
- Please go on.

Even now, 43 states
will punish a single act
of adulterous intercourse.

[ Hartford ] I'm thinking
of building a museum.

What's your opinion
of modern art, Dr. Kinsey?

It's not my area
of expertise, Mr. Hartford.

I really don't consider myself
qualified to discuss it.
Well, why not?

Just because I own
some supermarkets,

that doesn't mean
I'm only capable
of talking about groceries.

[ Guests Chuckle ]

Oh. Do you hate modern art
as much as I do?

Squiggly lines,
empty canvases,
white on white.

So, the next book will deal
with sex offenders?

We need money,
Mrs. Hartford.

We--

[ Dishes Clatter ]
We need someone
to give us money.

You have no idea
what I've had to endure

just to obtain the same rights

other scientists
take for granted.

My funding has been slashed,

and my name has been
dragged through the mud

in every newspaper and magazine
across this country.

Every dollar
I've ever earned has--
Leave me alone!

[ Clears Throat ]
Every dollar I've ever made
has gone back into the project.

But fighting this customs case
has cost us an appalling amount.
We're broke.

Dr. Kinsey--
Please.

I'm not even sure
how much time I have left.

Help me. I have to get it
all on the record.

Well, I'm very sorry.

Any support I give
might be misconstrued
as an endorsement of sex.

I can't afford
that kind of exposure.

I see.

But I'm sure something
will come through.

[ Bird Calling ]

You're right.
Rich people have lazy minds.

Took them five minutes
to find a water glass.

- I'm taking you
to the hospital.
- Mm-mm. Mm-mmm.

No. No more beds.

I spent my whole childhood
lying in bed.

Let's go back
to the hotel, Mac.

I wanna pick up
a few histories
in the morning.

[ Groans ]

[ Woman ]
We'd been married for 23 years,

with three marvelous children.

And as soon as my youngest
left to go to college,

I took a job
in an arts foundation.

I met a woman there--

secretary
in the grants office.

We became fast friends,
and...

before long,
I fell in love with her.

Hmm.

This came as quite a shock,
as you might imagine.

The more
I tried to ignore it,

the more...
powerful it became.

You have no idea

what it's like to have
your own thoughts

turn against you like that.

I couldn't talk to anyone
about my situation,

so I found other ways
to cope.

[ Sniffles ]
Uh, I took up drinking.

Eventually,
my husband left me.

Even my children
fell away.

[ Voice Breaking ]
I came very close to...
ending it all.

It's just another reminder
of how little

things have changed
in our society.

What are you talking about?
Things have gotten
much better.

Oh? What happened?

Why, you did, of course.

After I read your book,
I realized

how many other women
were in the same situation.

I mustered the courage
to talk to my friend,

and she told me,
to my great surprise,

that the feelings
were mutual.

We-We've been together
for three happy years now.

You saved my life, sir.

[ Martin ]
Just, uh, one more question.

You've just told me
your entire history--

childhood, family, career,

every person
you've ever had sex with--

but there hasn't been
a single mention of love.

That's because
it's impossible
to measure love.

And as you know,
without measurements,
there can be no science.

But I've been thinking a lot
about the problem lately.

Oh. Problem?

When it comes to love,
we're all in the dark.

So, you do think it matters?

What time's our flight,
Mac?

Not for a couple of hours.

Let's stop in the woods.

[ Woodpecker Drumming ]

[ Birds Chirping ]

[ Bird Shrieks ]

[ Bird Calls Continue ]

Mac?

I'm right here, Prok.

Just imagine,

these trees are over
a thousand years old.

Hence the name:
Sequoia sempervirens--

always green,
always alive.

Mac, did I ever tell you
about the Mbeere?

No, not that I recall.

They're an ancient
East African tribe.

They believe that trees
are imperfect men

eternally bemoaning
their imprisonment--

the roots that keep them
stuck in one place.

But I've never seen
a discontented tree.

Look at this one--
the way its roots
are gripping the ground.

I believe
it really loves it.

Come on, Mac.

What's the hurry?

There's a lot of work to do.

** [ Upbeat ]

[ Fingers Snapping ]

* You never know
how much I love you *

* Never know how much I care

* When you put your arms
around me *

* I get a feelin'
that's so hard to bear *

* You give me fever

* When you kiss me

* Fever when you hold me tight

* Fever in the mornin'

* And fever
all through the night *

[ Fingers Snapping ]

* Sun lights up the daytime

* Moon lights up the night

* My eyes light up
when you call my name *

* 'Cause I know
you're gonna treat me right *

* You give me fever

* When you kiss me

* Fever when you hold me tight

* Fever in the mornin'

* And fever
all through the night *

** [ Vocalizing ]

** [ Ends ]