# Sexual 'super predator' **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 7, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563 "2008-01-07T02:47:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/1 "2008-01-07T02:47:59Z")
(This question’s been floating around in the back of my mind for quite awhile, and I didn’t know if it was more appropriate to GQ or Cafe Society) Awhile back I watched the movie Kinsey and was struck about a scene later in the movie. Kinsey was excited to hold an interview with someone who had an extremely wide sexual experience, and had it well documented. It took a turn for the worse when it was discovered he was ‘less than discriminate’ with his partners, with info on pre-pubescents, etc. My question is: Was this based on an actual person? The movie mentioned he had (I may be mis-remembering this) something like 3000+ partners. I’m having a hard time believing a non-Wilt Chamberlain, non-celebrity could do something like that…at least not with that many _consenting_ partners. Was the character based on an actual person? ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/2 "2008-01-07T02:50:39Z")
If you were willing to patronize prostitutes, of both sexes, I’d think there would be barely any limit at all to the number of sexual partners you could have. It’s believable to me, for sure. The only limit would be your money. And if you’re not very discriminating about who you pick, it could be more affordable than you’d think. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/3 "2008-01-07T02:56:27Z")
[QUOTE=Argent Towers] If you were willing to patronize prostitutes, of both sexes, I’d think there would be barely any limit at all to the number of sexual partners you could have. It’s believable to me, for sure. The only limit would be your money. And if you’re not very discriminating about who you pick, it could be more affordable than you’d think. [/QUOTE] Possibly…IIRC is was some kind of repairman or traveling salesman. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/4 "2008-01-07T03:00:38Z")
“Hi, lady. I’m here to unclog your pipes.” _Bow chicka-bow-wow_ ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/5 "2008-01-07T03:47:43Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] Was the character based on an actual person? [/QUOTE] [Kenneth Braun](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Braun) > [@](#): > > Kenneth S Braun furnished Alfred C. Kinsey of the Kinsey Institute with a virtual autobiography of his life as a sexual deviant. > > … > > In the movie Kinsey, Braun claims hundreds of sexual partners, including his grandmother when he was aged 10 and his own father when he was aged 11. He also claims to have had sexual relationships with 605 pre-adolescent males and with 231 pre-adolescent females. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/6 "2008-01-07T03:54:20Z")
[QUOTE=Exapno Mapcase] [Kenneth Braun](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Braun) [/QUOTE] yikes. \ Wonder how many folks like that are out there. (actually, no I don’t. Not really.) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/7 "2008-01-07T04:19:03Z")
The movie would have been more interesting if they’d made it about _him_ instead of Kinsey!! ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/8 "2008-01-07T05:03:17Z")
There was a bit of a brouhaha some years back when various pro-family & Christian groups claimed that Kinsey based his studies in childhood sexuality _solely_ on Braun’s journals – it was mostly a political scuffle to get sex education removed from public schools. The movie whitewashes things a bit by showing Kinsey reject the creepy pervo, whereas in reality he did cite Braun’s journals extensively. Still…squick. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-super-predator/432563/9 "2008-01-07T05:36:30Z")
Is there independant verification of Braun’s claims? Absent that, balancing off the likelihood of Braun’s claims against the likelihood he was just someone who liked to make stuff up, I know which I’d be betting on.