Friday, July 20, 2007

Who's The Greatest Person InSex History?

Just found the Sex History Show, which offers Internet radio, podcasts &/or MP3 downloads on topics of sex history, as well as show transcripts and forums etc.

I'll be adding the site to the ol' sidebar in just a bit, but I wanted to point out Episode #003 - Greatest. here's part of the transcript:

Randal: So, John. On our last show you promised you'd introduce us to the most important person in the history of sex.

Allie: Well, I think an obvious answer is Alfred Kinsey[1]. He changed everything we thought we knew about who we were sexually.

John: Sure, Kinsey showed us what was out there, but he didn't change what was possible. That took a lot of other people to make happen.

Randal: Well, how about Anthony Comstock[2] who brutally repressed free-thinking about sex for a century?

John: Another good choice, but my choice for the most important person in the history of sex is ... well, let's hear from her.

Sanger: "No woman can call herself free who does not own and control her body. No woman can call herself free until she can choose consciously whether she will or will not be a mother."

Sanger: "A free race cannot be born of slave mothers. "[3]

Allie: Hey! That's Margaret Sanger! She started Planned Parenthood[4]!

John: Yes, though it was called the American Birth Control League when she founded it in 1921.

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2 Comments:

Blogger Bunny said...

I would totally agree on Margaret Sanger as the greatest person in Sex History. She may not have invented birth control, but she pushed for it to be discussed, researched, and made available to the masses. Much prudishness was likely borne of the fear of unintended pregnancy. Birth control frees us to control our own destiny. Now if we could just talk about it to schoolkids again . . .

5:49 PM  
Blogger Silent-Porn-Star said...

I agree with you completely -- esp regarding the status of sex education. Thanks for stopping by :)

6:17 PM  

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