Judith A. Reisman

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Judith A. Reisman (b. Judith Ann Gelernter, 1935, Newark, New Jersey)[1] is best known for her criticism of the work of Alfred Kinsey. She argues that that many of Kinsey's sexual viewpoints are not appropriate in the context of modern sex education.[2]

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[edit] Background

Judith Reisman was born to a second-generation Jewish-American family in 1935 in Newark. Her father, Matthew Gelernter and her mother, Ada, owned a fish business in Irvington. She gained an Master of Arts in 1976 and a Doctor of Philosophy in 1980, both in Communications, at the Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Reisman has also been based at Haifa University in Israel.[1]

Reisman has guest lectured at numerous educational establishments, including Princeton, Georgetown, Tel Aviv University and the Rutherford Institute, as well as to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado.

[edit] Views

In Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences she wrote:

  • Kinsey's 'research' alleged that 10% of American males were homosexual, that all of us were bisexual, that children were sexual from birth and could engage in sexual activity with adults without harm...[3]

Reisman has also asserted that Kinsey sexually abused children, although no biographer of Kinsey has found evidence for the claim.[2] The Kinsey Institute has stated in response that "Kinsey was not a pedophile in any shape or form."[4]

Reisman says that there are chemicals in the brain, which she has dubbed "erototoxins,"[5][6] that are produced by watching pornography and have toxic influences on the brain.[7] Reisman lists these "erototoxins" as testosterone, adrenaline, oxytocin, glucose, dopamine, serotonin, and phenylethylamine.[6] While some of these chemicals are related to arousal or orgasm, none are specifically connected to the viewing of erotic images.

[edit] Publications

[edit] Books

  • Images of Children, Crime and Violence in Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler, US Dep. Justice Grant No. 84-JN-AX-K007, 1986, 1989, 1990.
  • Kinsey, Sex and Fraud, Judith Reisman et al., Lafayette LA: Huntington House, 1990.
  • Soft Porn Plays Hardball, Lafayette: LA. Huntington House, 1991.
  • Kinsey, Crimes & Consequences, The Institute for Media Education, Crestwood, KY., 1998, 2000, 2003.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "A Personal Odyssey to the Truth", Judith A. Reisman self-biography, accessed 21 December 2006
  2. ^ a b The Culture Wars. Who Know? The New Yorker, 29 November 2004, Daniel Radosh. Accessed 13 February 2007
  3. ^ Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences the Red Queen and the Grand Scheme, Judith A. Reisman. Published January 1998. ISBN 0966662407
  4. ^ Further Response to Allegations, 2003 The Kinsey Institute. Accessed 13 February 2007
  5. ^ Drjudithreisman.com Archives
  6. ^ a b Testimony before the United States Senate, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on "The Brain Science Behind Pornography Addiction and the Effects of Addiction on Families and Communities" November 18, 2004
  7. ^ Erototoxin Dr. Judith Reisman. Accessed 13 February 2007
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