Lesbian sex book traumatizes Arkansas boys
Boys read The Whole Lesbian Sex Book, only to become "greatly disturbed" and then spend "sleepless nights" reeling from what they saw. Their father thinks $20,000 will heal their suffering.
Felice Newman, author of The Whole Lesbian Sex Book says "Boys have been pouring over sexually explicit materials in libraries since - well, since there have been libraries. Why was a copy of my book in the military section? Well, sometimes young people browsing the library shelves will tuck away a favorite book where they can find it later. These two young guys are the very reason libraries must be uncensored, and librarians must be free to order the books they feel will benefit the public."
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Yeah. If it disturbed them,
Yeah. If it disturbed them, they shouldn't have read it. It's not my or the librarian's problem.
boys are always going to
boys are always going to find themselves in this situation. A lie to get out of reading a sex book. $20,000 i think the dad just wanted money for having to yell at his kids.
Heh, I want that book...
Heh, I want that book... xDD
Life is short: make fun of it.
me too...
i bet the author is gonna make so much money off books sales due to the publicity from this case.
lesbians rule! :-D
Pfft
Traumatized. Yeah, I bet. Terrible trauma in their pants.
Okay, sorry, that was stereotypical, but honestly. This is ridiculous.
Do I shock you darling?
-Sally Bowles, Cabaret
Oh, how I would have loved
Oh, how I would have loved to discover a lesbian sex book in the library when I was living in Arkansas as a teen! Think of all the money I would have earned--and the knowledge I would have gained!
hah
Yeah their nights probably were sleepness, but not because of the horror of thos images...
"Sexual intercourse began in nineteen sixty-three (which was rather too late for me)"
That's so weird, seems like
That's so weird, seems like every other straight porno, is lesbian, and I can't count the number of times I've heard my friends saying how hot they think Lesbians are. Oh well, guess that's what it's like to live out in the old south. I could see if it was a book about gay guys, just because society has this horrible thought on guys being together, but most of America it seems, especially straight guys, love lesbians; I can't figure how there could be a lawsuit about a lesbian book.
Arkansas? I live just one
Arkansas? I live just one state above them, and I've never heard of boys getting traumatized by lesbians or anything like that. Yeah, this would make a little more (but not complete) sense if it was a book for gay men, but lesbians? And even if it was in the military section, why would they look at it if the title has the word Lesbian and Sex in it? It makes no sense.
~May the spirits guide your every move...to assure you please her in all the right places XD