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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.

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?

That you need a date.

Shh!

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.

Hello. Mind if I sit here?

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.

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.

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.

Oh.

Oh, how marvelous!

- They're the right size.

- Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

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.

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...

l...

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.

- Forgive me, Mac.

- No, I'm sorry.

It's just... It hurts too much.

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.

At this rate, he'll finish his degree

in, uh, three years.

Al, tell us what you've

been working on.

- Well...

- 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 ofhigher education, and he's

still collecting bugs.

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.

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?

- "I once read...

- Shh!

"That the decline of the Roman empire...

was the result

of too-frequent bathing."

Shh! Shh!

Shh.

"Some speculate...

"that rampant adultery...

is a possible cause of earthquakes."

I'm sorry you had to witness that.

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.

- Oh!

- God!

God. God.

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.

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