The Joy Of (Solo) Sex

January, 1997

When then Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders suggested in 1994 that masturbation should be taught as part of sex education, one important question was overlooked: What would we use for textbooks?Elders lost her job before she could answer that question. At the time there were two classic texts on the shelves: Betty Dodson's Liberating Masturbation: A Meditation on Self-Love and Harold Litten's Joy of Solo Sex. Last year, two more important books were added to the reading list: Paula Bennett and Ver...

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