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Women Need a "Clout on the Kisser" and a "Tumble in the Hay": In 1960, Sexism Became Schtick

Alan Scherstuhl Sep 12, 2011 7:00 AM

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Women Confidential

Author: Lee Mortimer

Date: 1960

Publisher: Julian Messner, New York

Discovered at: Suggested by SF Weekly contributor Larissa Archer

The Cover Promises: "The Mortimer Report on the devious and unpredictable behavior of the human female." Also, that Gumby's shadow could be kind of sexy.

Representative Quotes:

"What women need and want is a good clout on the kisser and a good tumble in the hay, and if they aren't getting it, it's the man's fault." (page 44)
"The principal danger to the community from homosexuality, other than the corruption of the young, is that homos hang together, forming an international conspiracy." (page 65)