Alfred Kinsey: Liberator or Pervert? I vote . . . all of the above . . . but in the good sense of the words. While his detractors may have problems with his conclusions and the impact he has had on how we view our sexuality . . . the longterm impact has been very beneficial. It is silly to hide from what we are and what we do . . . before Kinsey, masturbation was still considered a freakish and bad thing (see Kellogs and his diet and weirdness) but today we know it’s just a natural process that pretty much EVERYBODY does anyway so there is no good reason to instill guilt in folks because of it as they are not abnormal as previously taught but just pretty much normal.