The Chapman Report (1962)

Andrew Duggan: Dr. George C. Chapman

Quotes 

• Dr. George C. Chapman : And I know that if years ago, my wife, would have come to me and told me she was attending a lecture of of this kind, why, I'd have hit the ceiling. I probably would have told her to stick to her washing and ironing.

  [laughter among the Briarwood Women's Club] 

  Dr. George C. Chapman : While your presence here indicates that your husbands are not as prudish, the fact remains that prudery, in general, is far from dead. In many sections of this country, sex is a secret and shameful function. An unhealthy attitude persists. Too many women suffer from too little knowledge about a subject that occupies a major and crucial part of their lives. Why, as many as four or five out of every ten women, in this room, probably suffer from this lack of knowledge. As a result, their happiness is seriously impaired. The subject of sex remains under the table, the backroom, the back street, suppressed, unknown, and always indecent. My associates and I believe that through our findings these women will come to understand that sex is decent, clean, and dignified.

• [first lines] 

  Dr. George C. Chapman : Section four, Column one, Question.

  Paul Radford : Ten per cent of the married women were strongly aroused, twenty-seven per cent, somewhat; and Sixty-three per cent, not at all.

• Female Reporter : Is the average American male more obsessed with sex?

  Dr. George C. Chapman : You see, that's another loaded question. Until we complete our survey and compile the results, any answer to that question would be misleading.

• Reporter : Do you feel that a report on the subject of sex belongs on the best seller list?

  Dr. George C. Chapman : I feel that my job is to gather facts and not to tell people what to think.

• Dr. George C. Chapman : We are fact-finders, no more, no less. We are not in the business of appraising, correcting, or commenting. To many of you, the idea of discussing intimate sexual details with a stranger, even though he is hidden from you by a screen, an embarrassing idea. If I could you use one word to describe our approach, that word would be: detachment. In the final analysis, each of you will have been absorbed by the whole.

• Dr. George C. Chapman : [final lines]  Column two, question one.

  Paul Radford : Ten per cent, strongly aroused. What about dinner tonight?

  Dr. George C. Chapman : Fine. Question two.

  Paul Radford : Twenty-seven per cent, somewhat. Sixty-three per cent, not at all.

  Dr. George C. Chapman : Question three?

  Paul Radford : Thirty-nine per cent, yes. Sixty-one per cent, no.