According to the good doctor, men should wash their junk everyday. I would have thought that this was just understood, but then again I am not a medical professional.
"Every man should thoroughly was his penis every day with soap and warm water, dry it well with a cloth or absorbent paper, and powder with a good grade of scented talcum." The doctor goes on and on about smegma and I just don't feel like i need to discuss that. It's just too much, even for me. "...does not smell any better than the name sounds and the odor is particularly objectionable to a cultured and sensitive woman."
I don't think I'm projecting much when I suspect that smelly junk is just as offensive to the non-cultured and not-so-sensitive woman. I am pretty sure that objections to funky smells isn't a modern invention. "Oh that smell is coming from your crotch. Yay. Why don't we go have coitus?" Nope. That is not a believable scenario.
The doctor also goes on to say that "the warm, moist incubator underneath a long foreskin develop the germs of venereal disease." Huh. I did not know that doctors thought foreskins bred venereal disease. Thank goodness that we live in modern times and know better.
The more I am reading this sex manual the happier I am that I did not live in 1947...or earlier.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Lubricants or Torture Devices?
Since KY and Astroglide weren't around in 1947, I guess people just had to wing it. The good doctor advises against using the most popular lube which was vaseline.
"In the first place it (vaseline) is not slick. In the second case it is greasy and soils underclothing and bedclothing. It is not soluble in water and if used with a condom requires hot water and soap to restore that device to a useful state."
What? Washable condoms? I'll have do do some more research on that. Yikes.
He goes on to say that you can use coldcream, but it is too expensive and not water soluble. My favorite part is the soap recommendation.
"Soap could also be used in a pinch, even with a condom. Thick soapy lather can be used to cover the entire penis before the condom is rolled on. An equal quantity is used to cover the outside of the condom. The vulva can also be given an application of the lather. There may be some discomfort afterward -- a slight burning of the parts due to irritation by the soap.
Did they have non lye soap in the 40's? Because when I think of sexy time, I really want to feel the burn of lye in my lady bits. "Some discomfort" Really? Fiery vagina that feels like it's in hell more than likely, and I'm sure the penis doesn't fare so well either.
"In the first place it (vaseline) is not slick. In the second case it is greasy and soils underclothing and bedclothing. It is not soluble in water and if used with a condom requires hot water and soap to restore that device to a useful state."
What? Washable condoms? I'll have do do some more research on that. Yikes.
He goes on to say that you can use coldcream, but it is too expensive and not water soluble. My favorite part is the soap recommendation.
"Soap could also be used in a pinch, even with a condom. Thick soapy lather can be used to cover the entire penis before the condom is rolled on. An equal quantity is used to cover the outside of the condom. The vulva can also be given an application of the lather. There may be some discomfort afterward -- a slight burning of the parts due to irritation by the soap.
Did they have non lye soap in the 40's? Because when I think of sexy time, I really want to feel the burn of lye in my lady bits. "Some discomfort" Really? Fiery vagina that feels like it's in hell more than likely, and I'm sure the penis doesn't fare so well either.
Duz does everything including cleaning out the vagina.*
*Only if used in conjuction with a penis.
Condom is optional.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Where Is That Pesky Orgasm?
Today I was reading Chapter 9 - Location of Orgasm in a Woman. Fascinating read. I am going to boil down two pages into two words... the clitoris. Thank you for recognizing that, Dr. Greenblatt.
What was interesting is that he felt the need to point out that there are other erogenous zones.
"The breasts are erogenous zones to a marked degree and most women can be highly excited by proper attention to them before or during coitus. It is possible to fondle them in many posions of intercourse and in the face to face position with the woman sintting on the man's lap it is possible to fondle or kiss them alternately, a caress is deeply appreciated by normal women."
(Everytime I read the word coitus it is in Dr. Sheldon Cooper's voice. coitus.)
Most women are highly excited by a proper fondling, but they only appreciate a caress...if they are NORMAL. Normal women will also appreciate such "simple pleasures" as a nibble on the earlobe or a kiss on the inner thighs.
Slow down Dr. Love. You are getting way too frisky for a technical manual.
What was interesting is that he felt the need to point out that there are other erogenous zones.
"The breasts are erogenous zones to a marked degree and most women can be highly excited by proper attention to them before or during coitus. It is possible to fondle them in many posions of intercourse and in the face to face position with the woman sintting on the man's lap it is possible to fondle or kiss them alternately, a caress is deeply appreciated by normal women."
(Everytime I read the word coitus it is in Dr. Sheldon Cooper's voice. coitus.)
Most women are highly excited by a proper fondling, but they only appreciate a caress...if they are NORMAL. Normal women will also appreciate such "simple pleasures" as a nibble on the earlobe or a kiss on the inner thighs.
Slow down Dr. Love. You are getting way too frisky for a technical manual.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
First Intercourse 1947 style
As I was thumbing through the sex manual one of the chapters really stood out. First Intercourse. I say chapters, but it is actually half a page. I guess first intercourse wasn't as important as lubricants which was two and a half pages long. I will cover 1947 lubricants later since most of them sounded unsanitary and painful. It was just to much to bear today. On to first intercourse.
"It is superfluous to say the man should be most considerate and the personification of tenderness. The woman should be courted and petted to the point of accute passion, everything being done to reassure her. With her full consent and cooperation the first embraces should be successful--unless there is too small an orifice. If entrance cannot be effected without too much discomfort to the woman, the act should be postponed until the orifice can be surgically enlarged."
I think being courted and petted sounds excellent, and this is actually pretty good advice except for the slicing the vagina open part. Evidently doctors didn't realize that the vagina is pretty stretchy and the first thought was to "surgically enlarge" it. Eek.
I can just hear the bragging. "My wife had to be surgically enlarged...if you know what I mean." nudge, nudge. wink, wink.
Oh, 1947 man with the abnormally large penis, please be patient and slow. Your penis will fit eventually.
"It is superfluous to say the man should be most considerate and the personification of tenderness. The woman should be courted and petted to the point of accute passion, everything being done to reassure her. With her full consent and cooperation the first embraces should be successful--unless there is too small an orifice. If entrance cannot be effected without too much discomfort to the woman, the act should be postponed until the orifice can be surgically enlarged."
I think being courted and petted sounds excellent, and this is actually pretty good advice except for the slicing the vagina open part. Evidently doctors didn't realize that the vagina is pretty stretchy and the first thought was to "surgically enlarge" it. Eek.
I can just hear the bragging. "My wife had to be surgically enlarged...if you know what I mean." nudge, nudge. wink, wink.
Oh, 1947 man with the abnormally large penis, please be patient and slow. Your penis will fit eventually.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sex Manual from 1947 - Gift or Insinuation?
So my next door neighbor, Colleen, gave me three books yesterday. Fanny Hill, The Happy Hooker, and a sex manual from 1947. It made me happy because "hey, classic porn.", but then it made me wonder. If she thinks I need these three books, what does that say about me? hmmm. Obviously I need some help. I will begin my education with the 1940's manual. It seems to be the most clinical with brief moments of out of date hilarity.
The Q&A on the copyright page initially caught my eye.
Q. Is it wise to marry a person who thinks sex shameful?
A. It's Risky, according to the International YMCA. I wish every boy and girl could read their booklet "Petting: Wise or Otherwise." If this attitude against sex is not overcome by a tactful partner, says this pamphlet, it is about like marrying a feeble-minded person. Hosts of married couples are morons about sex.
This manual is assuming that everyone reading it is married or about to be. Oh dear. Well. I am not and don't want to be, but I will persevere anyway.
I would like to thank Dr. Robert B. Greenblatt for writing "Sex Manual: For Those Married or About To Be. Written for the Layman." As a Layman, I am very appreciative.
http://www.tncinsurance.com/
The Q&A on the copyright page initially caught my eye.
Q. Is it wise to marry a person who thinks sex shameful?
A. It's Risky, according to the International YMCA. I wish every boy and girl could read their booklet "Petting: Wise or Otherwise." If this attitude against sex is not overcome by a tactful partner, says this pamphlet, it is about like marrying a feeble-minded person. Hosts of married couples are morons about sex.
This manual is assuming that everyone reading it is married or about to be. Oh dear. Well. I am not and don't want to be, but I will persevere anyway.
I would like to thank Dr. Robert B. Greenblatt for writing "Sex Manual: For Those Married or About To Be. Written for the Layman." As a Layman, I am very appreciative.
http://www.tncinsurance.com/
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