11.28.04
Post-turkey day, and I’ve actually been pretty busy so far. Finished up my self-assessment for work, have to punch the narratives into the computer, and then I should be good to go. Also finishedup with 3 more apps, one more to go and then maybe a few more to throw in as well.
Found a pretty good Sushi place in Woodley Park called Sake Club, totlaly reminded me of some of the sushi places in SF, interesting decor, with track lighting and electronic drum and bass in the background. The place has gotten caught up in the whole tapas craze, on their menu was something called Japanese tapas, half off for happy hour so I tried a bunch.
Saw Kinsey this weekend, It was interesting along the lines of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, appealing to the academic inside of me. It was interesting in itself to see how little about human sexuality people knew about not too long ago. It also raises several ethical issues in conducting human research. Kinsey and his staff got caught up in the study a little too much, used their research to justify their sexual behavior. Perhaps they were unprepared for the consequences and dangers that might come. Kinsey played the role of a Psychologist, even a pastor when he was really only equipped to be a zoologist.
It brings to mind a study that the government conducted recently tracking the amount of illegal images on p2p networks. I heard that they employed a bunch of IT specialists and Methodologists, and ended up having to get them counseling. Why they did not use law enforcement social workers, or people with some sort of psych background instead is beyond me.
I imagine that Kinsey and his team came across a good deal of deviant behavior, perverts, and criminals as the movie suggested. There is something to be said about research as a means of validating certain types of behavior. I think that he may have forgotten that at his stages, he was really conducting a survey, any patterns of behavior that he discovered did not necessarily mark healthy sexual behavior, if it was normal, it could only be statistically normal. I also wonder how extensive have the efforts been to add research to include the onset of the internet and the information revolution.