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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.
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
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
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.
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.
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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