Judith A. Reisman

Judith A. Reisman (b. Judith Ann Gelernter, 1935, Newark, New Jersey) [http://www.drjudithreisman.org/about_dr_reisman.html "A Personal Odyssey to the Truth"] , Judith A. Reisman self-biography, accessed 21 December 2006] 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. [http://www.newyorker.com/talk/content/articles/041206ta_talk_radosh?041206ta_talk_radosh The Culture Wars. Who Know?] "The New Yorker", 29 November, 2004, Daniel Radosh. Accessed 13 February, 2007]

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.

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.

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... ["Kinsey: Crimes and Consequences the Red Queen and the Grand Scheme", Judith A. Reisman. Published January 1998. ISBN 0966662407]

Reisman has also asserted that Kinsey sexually abused children, although no biographer of Kinsey has found evidence for the claim. The Kinsey Institute has stated in response that "Kinsey was not a pedophile in any shape or form." [ [http://www.indiana.edu/~kinsey/about/contro-03.html Further Response to Allegations, 2003] "The Kinsey Institute". Accessed 13 February, 2007]

Reisman says that there are chemicals in the brain, which she has dubbed "erototoxins," [ [http://www.drjudithreisman.com/archives/2005/12/senate_subcommi.html Drjudithreisman.com Archives] ] [http://www.obscenitycrimes.org/Senate-Reisman-Layden-Etc.pdf 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] ] that are produced by watching pornography and have toxic influences on the brain. [ [http://www.drjudithreisman.com/erototoxin.html Erototoxin] Dr. Judith Reisman. Accessed 13 February, 2007] Reisman lists these "erototoxins" as testosterone, adrenaline, oxytocin, glucose, dopamine, serotonin, and phenylethylamine. While some of these chemicals are related to arousal or orgasm, none are specifically connected to the viewing of erotic images.

Publications

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.

External links

* [http://www.drjudithreisman.com/ Official website]

References