1969 radical sex education
Yesterday I read various portions of a book called 'Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)', published in 1969. It was absolutely amazing. I read the chapter on male homosexuality and then went looking for lesbianism. I found it but was interested to note that it did not have a chapter of its own. Lesbianism was located in the middle of the chapter on prostitution. It included such notable sentences as 'Just as two penises will always equal zero so to will two vaginas continue to equal nothing.'
The author, Dr David Reuben, seemed to hold the opinion that homosexual couples would always be disadvantaged because of their anatomy and were forever trying to re-create the ideal hetrosexual couple. He made amazing generalisations: homosexual men are out for sex only; mutual masturbation between men takes between three-five minutes and they will seldom speak at all during this eccounter; gay men seldom use their real names perferring to adopt names such as Dick, Harry and John; gay men usually pick up in toilet cubicals*; lesbians will have longer relationships than gay men but they are no less stormy. In addition to this, he states that cling wrap is a safe contraceptive.
This morning, I looked him up on the internet and I must say I was impressed. This is an article on his mosst recent addition of 'Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)', published in 1999. I very much want to read it. Here he says that everything about sex has changed in the last three decades. With the rise of sexually transmitted diseases he is now 'walking a fine line between "sex is dangerous," and "sex is fun."' I would love to hear his updated ideas on homosexuality. He claims that he has changed '96% of the original edition'. The 1969 edition, for all its appaulingly outdated views, was actually very radical for the times. I had to keep reminding myself of this. Has anyone read any of the editions? Thoughts?
"What is being presented to the masses as safe sex isn't that safe," he says. "If you can calculate that condoms fail 33 percent of the time, that isn't that safe. Put a gun to your head and say the bullet goes off one in three times. That isn't safe."
Is sex as dangerous as he says?
*He quoted one gentleman who explained his technique for picking up which I shall paraphrase for you here:
'I sit on the toilet with my pants down and wait for someone to sit on the next toilet. If he is gay, he will push his foot under the cubial wall and I will nudge him back. I will then sent a peice of paper with 'Do you suck?' written on it. If I have time, I might add 'How big are you?'.'
The author, Dr David Reuben, seemed to hold the opinion that homosexual couples would always be disadvantaged because of their anatomy and were forever trying to re-create the ideal hetrosexual couple. He made amazing generalisations: homosexual men are out for sex only; mutual masturbation between men takes between three-five minutes and they will seldom speak at all during this eccounter; gay men seldom use their real names perferring to adopt names such as Dick, Harry and John; gay men usually pick up in toilet cubicals*; lesbians will have longer relationships than gay men but they are no less stormy. In addition to this, he states that cling wrap is a safe contraceptive.
This morning, I looked him up on the internet and I must say I was impressed. This is an article on his mosst recent addition of 'Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)', published in 1999. I very much want to read it. Here he says that everything about sex has changed in the last three decades. With the rise of sexually transmitted diseases he is now 'walking a fine line between "sex is dangerous," and "sex is fun."' I would love to hear his updated ideas on homosexuality. He claims that he has changed '96% of the original edition'. The 1969 edition, for all its appaulingly outdated views, was actually very radical for the times. I had to keep reminding myself of this. Has anyone read any of the editions? Thoughts?
"What is being presented to the masses as safe sex isn't that safe," he says. "If you can calculate that condoms fail 33 percent of the time, that isn't that safe. Put a gun to your head and say the bullet goes off one in three times. That isn't safe."
Is sex as dangerous as he says?
*He quoted one gentleman who explained his technique for picking up which I shall paraphrase for you here:
'I sit on the toilet with my pants down and wait for someone to sit on the next toilet. If he is gay, he will push his foot under the cubial wall and I will nudge him back. I will then sent a peice of paper with 'Do you suck?' written on it. If I have time, I might add 'How big are you?'.'