Everything you always wanted to know about sex*

Posted by on Jun 24, 2006 in Blog | One Comment

*WILL NOT BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK.

In a fit of wanton consumerism Yelena snapped up a copy of “Everything you always wanted to know about sex (but were afraid to ask)” for a whopping 50 cents at a used book closeout sale in downtown Eugene. Woody Allen flicks aside, I found this book to be completely terrible.

Granted, it was published pre-sexual revolution/feminism/gay-rights movement, but reading “information” from the late 1960s via the distant 2006 is downright disturbing.

Dr. David Reuben portrays an unenviable world where the queer community is “homosexuals” who are beholden to uncontrollable criminal sexual urges, housewives are frigid, non-sexual objects and “September Sex” makes the prospect of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s relationship seem nearly a feat of god.

This is one classic sex tome that has not stood the test of time well. The vaguely Freudian interpretations crossed with obsolete medical assumptions is disturbing, but excellent bathroom reading.

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1 Comment

  1. Lazy Lightning
    July 25, 2006

    I love old, sexist, terribly offensive reading such as this! You’re right, great bathroom reading.