Kinsey Page #5

My friends aren't even allowed to come over here.

Their parents think you're a menace!

You spend too much time in the water.

All that chlorine's done something to your brain!

- Have you learned nothing?

- Sometimes I don't know where he came from.

Nothing!

Bruce? Bruce.

I don't wanna talk about it.

He won't get off my back.

I heard about this community

from a former student of mine.

This is my third trip, and already

the results have been astounding.

By my calculation, there are over

and no one's ever even bothered

to talk to them before.

It's a gold mine of information, Martin,

and we've got it all to ourselves.

What'll it be, handsome?

Two scotches.

I find liquor is an essential tool

for social lubrication...

although it has involved more drinking

than I thought I would ever do in a lifetime.

Let's get started.

Hello, I'm Professor Kinsey

from Indiana University...

and I'm making a study

of sex behavior.

- Can we sit and talk?

- I assume you're joking.

No, I'm not.

I'd be grateful if you'd answer

some questions about your sexual history.

Mary here is a professor.

She says she wants to study

my sex behavior.

Well, tell her to stick around and watch.

- Andy's here. You have to see what he's wearing.

- I can't wait.

That Andy.

Hello. I'm Professor Kinsey from...

Excuse me. I'm Professor Kinsey.

Excuse me... Hello.

I'm Professor Kinsey

from Indiana University...

and I'm making a study

of sex behavior.

- Can I ask you a few questions?

- I've heard about you.

- You're the sex doctor, right?

- I guess I am.

If you'd be kind enough to talk to me,

it would be of great help to science.

Sure. What do you want to know?

Same boy. Tommy Potts.

We were messin'around

in a haystack...

you know, the way kids'll do.

Pop walked in...

found us, locked us in the barn.

Called my brothers in.

They, um...

They branded us.

Took turns doin' it.

Then they beat us raw.

Broke a couple ribs, collarbone.

Tommy, he, uh...

he didn't make out as well as I did.

- What age were you?

- Thirteen.

- And you've been on your own since then?

- I get by.

It's not that I mind being queer.

'Cause I don't.

It's just, um...

I wish other folks

weren't so put out by it.

Homosexuality happens to be...

out of fashion in society now.

That doesn't mean

it won't change someday.

Right.

But why didn't I see it before?

Human beings are just bigger,

slightly more complicated gall wasps.

All I have to do is collect

more than anyone else...

and homosexuals

are the perfect place to start.

What?

I'm sorry. I just had an image of some

of our friends hearing you right now.

As if the marriage course

isn't bad enough.

Now, Prok, promise me you'll get at least

four hours sleep before heading back.

Of course.

And let Clyde share in the driving.

Prok?

Okay, Mac.

I'll sign off now.

I love you.

Love you too.

You know what

impressed me tonight?

Mmm?

The way that you talk to people.

You can get just about anybody to open up.

Oh, well, it's just a matter of, uh...

putting yourself on their level.

No, it's more than that.

You really seem to care.

- This rating scale of yours?

- Mm-hmm?

Uh, zero to six...

Zero being exclusively heterosexual...

and, uh, six being

exclusively homosexual.

A great many people line up

somewhere in the middle.

- What makes you think that's true?

- Common sense.

Remember, about a third

of our heterosexual histories...

have homosexual acts,

and vice versa.

Right.

I guess I'm about a three, huh?

Based on your sexual history...

I'd say that's, um, right.

How about you?

I suppose I've been a one or two...

most of my life...

even though it's taken a long time...

to recognize it.

And now?

Probably...

th-three.

Have you ever

done anything about it?

Would you like to?

I've taken on so many

other people's secrets.

I don't want any of my own...

and certainly not with you.

You still haven't said anything.

It's not like I'm...

surprised exactly.

I've observed...

certain things over the years.

Such as?

A look or a gesture.

The pet student who suddenly

becomes a member of the family...

and then just as suddenly disappears

when you tire ofhim.

I think you must know me

better than I know myself.

But I'm not sure...

I understand.

Haven't I always been open

to whatever you wanted?

It's not you, Mac.

You're the best partner any man could have.

I'm just not enough. Is that it?

Please, Mac.

This is inside of me.

To what extent, I don't know.

But I'd be a hypocrite

if I pretended it wasn't there.

- When I took your history...

- Don't! Don't!

- Didn't you admit to having

sexual feelings for other men?

- Don't use that against me!

I'm sorry. But what keeps you from

acting on your feelings? Convention.

No! It's our marriage!

It's our children!

Exactly. Social restraints.

Did you ever stop to think

that perhaps those restraints are there...

to keep people

from hurting each other?

I don't sleep with other men

because I love you...

and I don't want to hurt you.

But what if it didn't hurt me?

Then I'd be hurt.

You're just afraid that I won't love you

anymore, which is impossible, Mac.

The human animal is capable

of all kinds of sexual expression.

Not all sex has to be sanctioned

by love, enriched by emotion.

- To the Greeks...

- Stop!

Stop lecturing, Prok.

Stop using science

to justify what you've done.

Oh, Mac.

Mac.

Listen to me.

You're my girl.

You always will be.

The bond we have, the life we share...

sex is nothing compared to that.

I can't talk about this anymore.

Most people think

that what they do sexually...

is what everyone does...

or should do.

But I might remark that nearly all

the so-called sexual perversions...

fall within the range

ofbiologic normality.

For example, masturbation...

mouth-genital contacts

and homosexual acts...

are common

among most mammals...

including humans.

Society might condemn such practices

on moral grounds.

However, it's ludicrous

to call them unnatural.

But based on

the first Book of Genesis...

and according to public opinion...

there's only one

correct sexual equation...

man plus woman equals baby.

Everything else is vice.

But the orgasm record of the males

in this classroom alone...

proves the ineffectiveness

of social restrictions...

and the imperativeness

of the biologic demand.

Why are some cows highly sexed...

while others just stand there?

Why do some men

need 30 orgasms a week...

and others almost none?

Because everyone is different.

The problem is,

most people want to be the same.

They find it easier to simply ignore...

this fundamental aspect

of the human condition.

They're so eager

to be part of the group...

that they'll betray their own nature

to get there.

If something pleasurable

and strongly desired is prohibited...

it becomes an obsession.

Think about this.

You have better things to do...

than help a middle-aged woman home

with her groceries.

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