title: Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
author: Alfred C. Kinsey
description: <DIV>Sexual Behavior in the Human Female was originally published in 1953, five years after the male volume. The material presented in this book was derived from personal interviews with nearly 6,000 women and from studies in sexual anatomy, physiology, psychology, and endocrinology. The book presents data on the incidence and frequency with which women participate in various types of sexual activity. The authors show how factors such as age, decade of birth, and religious adherence are reflected in patterns of sexual behavior. Some measure of the social significance of the various types of sexual behavior is provided. The authors make comparisons of female and male sexual activities and investigate the factors which account for the similarities and differences between female and male patterns of behavior.</div>
zlib_text: SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN
  THE HUMAN FEMALE
  
  CONSULTING EDITORS
  JEROME CORNFIELD, Statistics
  HAROLD DORN, Statistics
  ROBERT LAIDLAW, M.D., Psychiatry
  KARL LASHLEY, Psychology, Neurophysiology
  EMILY MUDD, Marriage Counseling
  
  SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IN
  THE HUMAN FEMALE
  By the Staff of the Institute for
  Sex Research, Indiana University
  ALFRED C. KINSEY
  WARDELL B.
  POMEROY
  CLYDE E. MARTIN
  PAUL H. GEBHARD
  Research Associates
  JEAN M. BROWN
  Research Assistant, Library
  CORNELIA V. CHRISTENSON
  Research Assistant, in charge of
  Reference Research
  DOROTHY COLLINS
  Research Assistant, Statistical
  Calculator
  RITCHIE G. DAVIS
  Research Associate, Legal Studies
  WILLIAM DELLENBACK
  Research Assistant, Photographic
  Studies
  ALICE W. FIELD
  Research Associate, Legal Studies
  HEDWIG G. LESER
  Research Assistant, Translator
  HENRY H. REMAK
  Special Translator
  ELEANOR L. ROEHR
  Research Assistant, Secretary
  WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY
  John Bancroft
   
  
  INDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS
  Bloomington and Indianapolis
  
  This edition is a publicatio