A Kinsey Reporter Project

So far, we have made a lot of progress in our project. Chelsea is now taking the footage that we made during our trip to AMNH and adding a voice-over to the video so that it can serve as a stand-alone deliverable. Our major focus now is writing a co-authored science article as our other deliverable Continue reading →

Many people find flirting to be a scary, ambiguous, and inimitable activity. While executing our project, we have definitely learned that flirting is a very, very broad and overarching term. When something encompasses such variety, it should not come as a shock that it is spurred by several different reasons. There are different motivations for flirting, the main ones being for sex, fun, explorative, relational, esteem, and instrumental purposes Continue reading →

(This week, we waited to post our weekly report on our citizen science project because we planned to complete a major part of the project after the AMNH trip: recording some of the video elements)

Over the last few weeks we have all been observing and taking note of the many occurrences of flirting that have happened around us. We have shared Continue reading →

In starting observations for the Kinsey Reporter, the most obvious and important question to ask was: what is flirting and how do we classify what it is and isn’t? Thus, we looked at a report by Psychology Today which spoke about the various ways to spot someone flirting. Namely, the article highlighted nonverbal flirting cues (smiling, physical contact, etc) and verbal flirting cues (compliments, etc), which is mainly our bases for citing said behavior. With this in mind, Continue reading →

An update dedicated to background information (not entirely, so don’t worry!): the Kinsey Reporter is an app that allows anyone to record any type of sexual behavior they see/observe/participate in anonymously. The data can be seen here. The Kinsey Reporter is part of the Kinsey Institute, which does a wide range of studies regarding sexual behavior Continue reading →

Our group consists of Chelsea (designer/artist), Martin (data manager), Neha (communicator), and Courtney (educator).

The Kinsey Institute aims to acquire and spread knowledge about all types of sexual information. An ongoing citizen science project run by the Kinsey Institute is Kinsey Reporter. The Kinsey Reporter’s website describes the project as “a global mobile survey platform to share, explore, and visualize anonymous data about sex.” Continue reading →