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lightconductor) wrote2009-09-23 08:27 pm
lightconductor) wrote2009-09-23 08:27 pm
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An interesting discussion on birth control from a very old bit of writing I've recently come across.
'I wish there was a medicine we could take to make us completely certain that no harm will come to us,' said Lucy thoughtfully. 'Whover discovers such a potion will make his fortune.'
'Or perhaps her fortune!' corrected Louella. 'I believe there should be female doctors. We are quite capable of learning the art of medicine.'
'I agree with you,' said Paul. 'But don't let us begin a discussion on the rights of women just now. Instead, who knows what Samuel Pepys said about a course of action to take if a man got a swollen belly up.' None of us knew the answer. 'Why,' said Paul triumphantly, 'he said, and I quote: "He that do get a wench with child and marry her afterwards is as if a man should shit in his hat and then clap it on his head!"'
'That's all very well,' said Lucy. 'But hopefully there will be easy, cheap ways made available soon so that society can adopt a more responsible attitude about bringing unwanted children into the world. It is a grave problem and most unfair as women take all the blame and shame of such a situation as Pepys describes, whereas it takes two to make a belly swell.'
What is this from?
This is from an early chapter of a novel-length piece of erotica published anonymously around 1880 (edit: I checked! 1884).
It's full of this stuff. When people are not having sex they are providing sexual education, or debating politics, or wondering about societal ills, and it's porn. This is the most super-liberal, ultra-modern, intellectual porn ever. It's amazing.
'I wish there was a medicine we could take to make us completely certain that no harm will come to us,' said Lucy thoughtfully. 'Whover discovers such a potion will make his fortune.'
'Or perhaps her fortune!' corrected Louella. 'I believe there should be female doctors. We are quite capable of learning the art of medicine.'
'I agree with you,' said Paul. 'But don't let us begin a discussion on the rights of women just now. Instead, who knows what Samuel Pepys said about a course of action to take if a man got a swollen belly up.' None of us knew the answer. 'Why,' said Paul triumphantly, 'he said, and I quote: "He that do get a wench with child and marry her afterwards is as if a man should shit in his hat and then clap it on his head!"'
'That's all very well,' said Lucy. 'But hopefully there will be easy, cheap ways made available soon so that society can adopt a more responsible attitude about bringing unwanted children into the world. It is a grave problem and most unfair as women take all the blame and shame of such a situation as Pepys describes, whereas it takes two to make a belly swell.'
What is this from?
This is from an early chapter of a novel-length piece of erotica published anonymously around 1880 (edit: I checked! 1884).
It's full of this stuff. When people are not having sex they are providing sexual education, or debating politics, or wondering about societal ills, and it's porn. This is the most super-liberal, ultra-modern, intellectual porn ever. It's amazing.
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