38 Years of Self-Love: How “Sex for One” Changed Our Ideas About Masturbation
From Salon.com:
A talk with Betty Dodson, the author of 1974’s groundbreaking “Sex for One” about our changing attitudes towards self-pleasure
Without Betty Dodson, America would be a lot less good at masturbating. Almost four decades ago, the sex educator, artist and feminist activist self-published her book “Sex for One” under the name “Liberating Masturbation” and began selling it at small feminist bookstores around the country. The book, a guide to pleasuring oneself, caught on like wildfire, teaching a generation of women and men about an act that was still considered shameful to a large cross section of Americans – and utterly mysterious to a huge number of others. It has remained a touchstone.
Read the full story: http://www.salon.com/2012/02/18/38_years_of_self_love/
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