by F.R. Duplantier

Sex education programs in schools across America are based in part on studies published by Alfred Kinsey in 1948 and 1953 called Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female.

Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX) thinks the world-famous Kinsey Institute in Bloomington, Indiana should be investigated for possible fraud and criminal child abuse. Late last year, Stockman intro- duced the Child Protection and Ethics in Education Act of 1995 ( H.R. 2749), calling for a General Accounting Office probe of the government-funded studies of human sexuality conducted by Alfred Kinsey nearly 50 years ago. If the GAO concludes that "criminal wrongdoing or scientific fraud" did occur in the preparation of the Kinsey Reports, then "any organization or school [that] uses these studies, without indicating the unethical and unscientific nature, will be denied federal funds for any educational purpose."

Congressman Stockman tried to determine on his own the source for the data in Table 34, a chart in the original Kinsey Report that purported to measure the sexual responsiveness of infants, children, and teenagers. His efforts turned into a wild goose chase. "First, I was told by the Kinsey Institute that the data were compiled from the notes of a single pedophile who is deceased," recalls Stockman. "But, according to Kinsey's book, the table was composed from the observations of 'several adult males who have had sexual contacts with younger boys.'"

Either way, Kinsey's research into the sexuality of children -- upon which professionals rely heavily for their understanding of normal childhood development -- apparently rests on the testimony of at least one sexual deviant. "This indicates that the basis of sex education in America is a study of the systematic molestation of children as young as four months old," says Stockman. The only other alternative is that Table 34 is a complete fabrication. "Other scholars who worked with Kinsey in the early '50s have said that the numbers . . . were made up -- fraudulent research," he observes. Stockman says the purpose of the Child Protection and Ethics in Education Act is "to determine to what extent the United States Gov-ernment funded these fraudulent and criminal studies and what liabilities should be assessed."

In a letter to his colleagues in Congress, Stockman pointed out that the Sex Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) bases its own widely-used and often-imitated sex-ed programs on the studies of Alfred Kinsey. "These texts," he observed, "form the basis of sex education in the public schools of America." Stockman urged his fellow Congressmen to view a videotape called The Children of Table 34, produced by the Family Research Council. The 30- minute expose charges that data recorded in the Kinsey Reports are based on "systematic molestation of infants and children." The documentary concludes that the evidence of fraud and ethical violations in Kinsey's research warrants an inquiry into the Kinsey Institute.

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