3. Osborne and His Boys: The Sexual Equation

1. This was one of the major reasons why I was able to interview men who, when boys, related sexually to Osborne. Many of them came to see me because they were concerned about the police or others identifying them. As Osborne often contacted boys who came from the same area and were part of the same gang or group, the boys kept in contact with each other. Consequently, if they were satisfied with their interviews with me, they would contact their friends suggesting that I could be trusted to hear their accounts of past relationships and keep their identities confidential. [Back]

2. Although most of Kinsey’s material was collected from survey results he extolled the virtues of collecting verbatim material from males and females in compiling sexual behaviour patterns. See Pomeroy, W. B. Dr Kinsey and the Institute for Sex Research, Signet, New York, 1972, pp 222—224. [Back]