Dr. Alfred Charles Kinsey was an American biologist, professor of entomology and zoology, and sexologist. Known as the father of the sexual revolution, Dr. Kinsey's work has influenced social and cultural values in the United States and around the world.

Sexual Behavior in the Human Male Show Citation 1414. The book's revolutionary assertion was that sexual diversity was normal. Most famously, Kinsey argued that human sexuality could be mapped onto a continuum from heterosexual to homosexual, rather than fitting only into one of those two simple categories.

Kinsey's published data showed that Americans were engaging in sexual behaviors more frequently and with more variety than conventional morality suggested. Though later research would correct some of the findings to a degree, the Reports were compared to "an atomic bomb" in their impact on American society.