Timeline Monday 5 January 1948

Events on Monday 5 January 1948 1

• 1948 Kinsey Report on male sexuality published "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" sparks public controversy Alfred Kinsey and his colleagues published "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" on January 5, 1948, presenting statistical findings on American sexual behavior drawn from thousands of interviews. The book became an unlikely bestseller and provoked intense public debate over its frank treatment of a taboo subject. It is widely regarded as a founding text of the modern scientific study of human sexuality.