Teresa R. Wagner

The legacy of sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey has led to a decline in sexual morality, argues Teresa R. Wagner in the following viewpoint. In Wagner’s opinion, Kinsey was a pseudo-scientist who wrongly claimed that a majority of Americans engage in premarital and extramarital sex. Moreover, the author contends, Kinsey espoused the belief that many atypical and deviant sexual behaviors are commonplace and normal. The cultural elite’s acceptance of Kinsey’s fraudulent claims has undermined traditional sexual ethics and promoted sexual immorality. Wagner is an analyst on human rights and life issues for the Family Research Council, an organization that advocates traditional family values.

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1. According to Wagner, from whom did Kinsey receive much of his research...