Oh, hello there gorgeous. Welcome to the Kinsey Project, a research venture done by the four greatest flirt experts in the world: Martin John, Neha Gupta, Courtney Takats, and Chelsea Batista. We took it upon ourselves to observe flirting patterns throughout NYC and attempted to draw possible correlations with what we found to the data presented on Kinsey Reporter. What’s Kinsey Reporter, you ask? It’s a website and app that records human sexual behavior around the world through observations made by people just like you (though I doubt they’re as beautiful as you!). On this site, you can find posts that discuss the variety of sciences that are involved in the understanding of flirting, as well as an awesome video that shows what types of flirting we found in NYC; it features four very sexy actors, and a voice-over that blankets your ears like silk.
Being a participant of informal science makes you really attractive, so don’t be afraid with helping out the Kinsey Institute in gathering observations of human sexual behavior (it’s all anonymous!). We hope that you learn something and enjoy what we have to offer!
Watch the video below and learn exactly what it means to be a Kinsey Reporter and how you can get on way way to becoming a Flirting Expert, just like us Kinsey Reporters!
Clearly, it can be seen that in both our data and the Kinsey Reporter data, good feelings is the most common outcome. As for why bad feelings outnumber no reaction in our data, it is likely just due to a small sample population. I decided to calculate about how close our data was in terms of percentages Continue reading →
Now, discussing correlations between our data and the Kinsey Reporter data is difficult when it comes to flirting behavior for several reasons. Firstly, there is a substantial difference in sample population between the data of our group and the Kinsey Reporter data. Furthermore, these flirting behaviors are not isolated from each other – a single flirter may participate in many of the types of flirting behaviors listed above. This then creates complications when it comes to comparing data. Lastly, the number of observers of our group is vastly different from the number of observers that participate in the Kinsey Reporter. Continue reading →
It is interesting to see that both our data and the Kinsey Reporter data illustrate similar trends when it comes to observing flirting in parks, schools, and public places. However, what is even more interesting is that our group’s data show that flirting in schools occur in a frequency nearly equal to that of public places. Continue reading →
As you can see, despite the large difference in sample population, there appears to be more male flirters than female flirters. In our sample population, the population of male flirters is significantly larger than the population of female flirters. However, in the data received by the Kinsey Reporter, the population of male vs. female flirters is actually quite close to each other. We can account for this difference by recognizing that the sample populations are vastly different between our data and the Kinsey Reporter data. Continue reading →
Okay, so maybe calling ourselves ‘flirt experts’ is a bit much. Our names: Martin John, Neha Gupta, Courtney Takats, and Chelsea Batista.
All four of us are college students, part of the Brooklyn College Macaulay Honors Program. Our wonderful teacher, Professor Jennifer Adams, asked that we help out in an informal science project while at the same time present our own findings as we acted as informal science participants. Courtney was the first to suggest taking a part in the informal science project known as the Kinsey Reporter. Chelsea then pointed out that we could focus particularly on flirting patterns and thus, the Kinsey Project assignment was born. Continue reading →
The art of flirting can be analyzed through the lens of several different sciences. In biology, human to human interaction is largely dependent on three core neurotransmitters. These are released when a person is in the presence of another person deemed attractive. Identifying someone as attractive has a great deal to do with how fertile that person appears to be. While seeing someone attractive and feeling giddy has everything to do with hormones, the conscious decision to act upon these feelings and move ahead and flirt with the person has everything to do with psychology. Psychology determines whether the flirter will indeed flirt with the flirtee. It also divides flirting into two distinct types: purposeful flirting and casual flirting. Examining cultural reasons for flirting is difficult when trying to draw conclusions from only credible scientific studies because not many extensive studies have been performed for the specific subset of cultural influences on flirtatious behavior. In fact, the Kinsey Reporter is one of the largest data collection tools that will probably serve to supply vast quantities of information regarding specifically this subset, further strengthening global understanding of flirting and human sexual behavior in general. Continue reading →
This week we finalized our co-authored paper, integrating our different sections into one cohesive paper with subheadings. We integrated sources into the paper and created a citations page. Chelsea finalized our digital deliverable, linking together our recorded pieces. She also recorded her voice overs and incorporated them into the video Continue reading →
With our research all coming together, we had decided it was time to sit down and write the scientific article. I started off with the biological aspects of flirting, so that the audience would become more comfortable considering human mating behaviors as a subject rooted in the hard sciences. From there, Neha took over Continue reading →
