{"id":127392,"date":"2023-05-10T00:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T04:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=127392"},"modified":"2023-05-10T15:58:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T19:58:16","slug":"governor-defunds-indiana-university-sex-institute-founded-by-alfred-kinsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/governor-defunds-indiana-university-sex-institute-founded-by-alfred-kinsey\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor defunds Indiana University sex institute founded by Alfred Kinsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>UPDATED<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Democratic representative blamed &#8216;alt-right Republicans&#8217; for spreading &#8216;Qanon-like conspiracy theories&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Indiana University\u2019s famous sex research center is officially defunded after Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb signed a two-year <a href=\"https:\/\/iga.in.gov\/legislative\/2023\/bills\/house\/1001#document-a3b1e000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">budget bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s passage of the law on May 4 stipulates that taxpayer funds \u201cmay not be used to pay for the administration, operation, or programs of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The College Fix<\/em> asked university spokeswoman Amanda Roach what will happen next for the research center. She referred to IU President Pamela Whitten\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/news.iu.edu\/live\/news\/28236-indiana-university-statement-on-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> on the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a premier research institution with a 200-year legacy of impact within our state and around the world, IU is firmly committed to academic freedom,\u201d Whitten stated prior to the governor\u2019s signing of the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe university is concerned that a provision singling out a specific research institute sets a troubling precedent with implications that could limit the ability of public colleges and universities to pursue research and scholarship that benefits people and improves lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIU will conduct a thorough legal review to ensure the university follows state law,\u201d Whitten stated. \u201cThe university is committed to the ongoing crucial research and robust scholarship conducted by IU faculty and the Kinsey Institute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Fix<\/em> followed up by asking how the institute plans to sustain itself financially, but Roach did not respond.<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic state representative for Bloomington told <em>The Fix<\/em> that the defunding \u201cwas driven by an alliance of extreme right Republicans and other Republican legislators who fear being defeated in a Republican primary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>!function(r,u,m,b,l,e){r._Rumble=b,r[b]||(r[b]=function(){(r[b]._=r[b]._||[]).push(arguments);if(r[b]._.length==1){l=u.createElement(m),e=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0],l.async=1,l.src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embedJS\/ugavb5\"+(arguments[1].video?'.'+arguments[1].video:'')+\"\/?url=\"+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+\"&args=\"+encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify([].slice.apply(arguments))),e.parentNode.insertBefore(l,e)}})}(window, document, \"script\", \"Rumble\");<\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"rumble_v2as0zc\"><\/div>\n<p><script>\nRumble(\"play\", {\"video\":\"v2as0zc\",\"div\":\"rumble_v2as0zc\"});<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action is part of the culture war being waged by the Republican party,\u201d Rep. Matt Pierce said via email. \u201cAttacks on Alfred Kinsey and the Kinsey Institute are based on decades-old, unproven, QAnon-like conspiracy theories that have been circulating on the internet for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe alt-right Republicans want to undermine the Kinsey institute because it uses scientific research to better understand human sexuality, and that undermines extreme Republicans&#8217; efforts to push gays and lesbians back into the closet and to make transgender people invisible,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is sad the Republicans who know better were unwilling to stand up to the most extreme elements of their party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republican Rep. Lorissa Sweet introduced an amendment to defund the influential research center in February, drawing attention to its namesake, the late IU Professor Alfred Kinsey, and his research on childhood sexual behavior that involved interviewing a child rapist.<\/p>\n<p>She responded on Wednesday morning to Pierce&#8217;s claims.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s obvious that Rep. Matt Pierce either hasn&#8217;t read Alfred Kinsey&#8217;s books or is willing to defend a notorious pedophile,&#8221; Rep. Sweet said in an email to <em>The Fix<\/em>. &#8220;One only has to look at infamous Table 34 in Kinsey&#8217;s book <em>Sexual Behavior in the Human Male<\/em> to understand that children were sexually tortured around the clock.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By doing such dastardly experiments on children, Kinsey &#8216;determined&#8217; that children are sexual from birth, which is why our society now sexually exploits children at very young ages,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To deflect from the truth is nothing more than a Communist tactic which Rep. Pierce appears to do in his response. Sadly, he appears to misunderstand that Hoosiers are now aware of the Kinsey Institute and its sexually deviant founder and no longer wish to fund continued experiments with taxpayer dollars,&#8221; Sweet added. &#8220;It&#8217;s unfortunate that Rep. Pierce is so eager to ignore Kinsey victims such as Esther White who recalls her father sexually abusing her and then watched as he was paid by Alfred Kinsey for doing so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rep. Pierce can deflect all he wishes; however, the reality is that Alfred Kinsey is responsible for the sexual torture of hundreds, if not thousands of children. Defunding this wretched institution is the responsible thing to do,&#8221; she said. Sweet sent along <a href=\"https:\/\/stopthekinseyinstitute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/BRIEF_The-Kinsey-Institute-Exposed_A-Warning-to-Parents-and-Governments_52014.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">several<\/a> further <a href=\"https:\/\/purpleforparentsindiana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/MKULTRA_Kinsey_Rockefeller.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resources<\/a> that document the problems with Kinsey&#8217;s research.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Cindy Ledbetter, a nurse, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indystar.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2023\/02\/23\/indiana-house-strips-state-dollars-from-indiana-university-kinsey-institute\/69933555007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also encouraged<\/a> her colleagues to support the amendment because Kinsey Institute staff taught her and other nurses how to inject children who wish to present themselves as the opposite gender with cross-sex hormones as part of a continuing education program. The state has <a href=\"https:\/\/iga.in.gov\/legislative\/2023\/bills\/senate\/480\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">since banned<\/a> such procedures for minors.<\/p>\n<p>As part of his famous \u201cKinsey Reports,\u201d the late scholar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/legislators-want-to-defund-alfred-kinseys-indiana-university-sex-institute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used<\/a> the journal of a child rapist to record the rape of 196 children, which he referred to as \u201cpre-adolescent sex play.\u201d He claimed that the victims enjoyed the experience despite some giving \u201cviolent convulsions\u201d or \u201csobbing.\u201d He also described in detail how an infant supposedly achieves orgasm based on observations by \u201cother boys or older adults.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kinsey used this and other information to support his claim that humans are sexual from birth.<\/p>\n<p>While introducing her amendment, Rep. Sweet criticized the Kinsey Institute for creating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/public-university-develops-app-to-track-fetishes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an app<\/a> that allows users to anonymously post descriptions of sexual encounters along with their location so that researchers can track the activity across the globe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEssentially, as was done in the 40s and 50s, the Kinsey Institute collects data from rapists and pedophiles worldwide,\u201d Sweet told <em>The Fix<\/em> in March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note<\/strong>:\u00a0<em>The article has been updated with further comment from Rep. 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