The scale was first published in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male ( 1948 ) . It was also important in the complementary work Sexual Behavior in the Human Female ( 1953 ) . It was first published in Sexual Behavior in the Human Male ( 1948 ) by Alfred Kinsey , Wardell Pomeroy and others , and was also prominent in the complementary work Sexual Behavior in the Human Female ( 1953 ) .