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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)