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Movie Summary - Kinsey

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In the film Kinsey, Alfred Kinsey gave society a new view on sexuality and sexual behavior- creating a new culture that would understand and accept any matters of sexuality. Like any other cultures, sociologists believe that to really understand a certain culture, you must approach it theoretically with the social theories: structural functional theory, social-conflict theory, and sociobiology theory. These social theories were shown and portrayed throughout the film Kinsey. The first theory, structural functional theory, focuses on a shared value in culture. This approach considers that cultural values direct our lives, giving meaning to what we do, and give people a feel of closeness and connection. In the film, Alfred Kinsey shared a common value on sexual behavior with the young adults. At the beginning of this film, young Kinsey already experience “self-pressure,” however, he wasn't opened to it because 1) back in the olden days, sexual behaviors were considered impure, and 2) his dad was a preacher and his action would be morally wrong in a religion perspective. When years passed, Kinsey started teaching sexual behavior to a class of young adults. In the beginning, Kinsey asked his students to fill out a questionnaire about any sexual activity they had practice and other sexual experiences. Unfortunately they were secretive and didn't share much. They didn't want to share about their sexual experiences to anyone because they feel shameful that someone knows their dirty little secrets and fear that their secrets will fall into the wrong hands. They also fear that people will not accept them because the sexual actions were not accepted then. In order to gain his student’s trusts, Kinsey found it easier to interview each individually, face-to- face, rather having the fear that their secrets will land on other’s hands. Comfortably, his students were much opened up. Intrigued by the results of his students’ answers, Kinsey

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