The Fine Art of Wenching

Many thanks to Will at Hang Fire Books for sending me to Vintage Girly Mags. Not only are the covers (presumed to be) lovingly scanned, but each single page of the magazine is too. The only draw-back is that there is little text, so you have to 'turn' each thumbnail to get an idea of what is inside. (As a collector I am forever bitching there is not enough text on vintage smut sites. :sigh:)

However, 'paging' through Vintage Girly Mags is worth the effort. For example, you'd otherwise miss this gem in a 1962 issue of Wench.


Inside, on pages 16-17 (and continued on page 68) there's an article by Jay Taylor called The Fine Art of Wenching? which, as expected, is all about how to woo babes.




Here's an excellent passage:

Don't blame a girl for her flaws. Time's a great healer. If she's blacker than tar, tanned is the word to use. If she's cross-eyed, tell her she's like Venus. Thin as a stick? She's willowy. If she's a runt, call her cute. If fat, a full-bodied woman. And don't pass up women past thirty, Ovid says. You're crazy if you do. They're much more skillful in love-making. They don't have to be teased, worked up to a frenzy. They're the kind, he says wistfully, that can keep up with a man. "What I like is the deal that leaves both partners exhausted," he adds confidentially, "What I hate is the girl who gives with a feeling she has too. Dry in the bed with her mind somewhere else gathering wool.

"Duty's very well, but let's not confuse it with pleasure; I do not want any girl doing her duty for me.

"What I like to hear are the words of utter abandon.

But of course all this would make sense to me -- and not just because I'm one of those over 30 women either. This article is based on Ovid's Art of Love.

So not only is 'nothing new' in seduction, but magazines haven't changed much either -- they're still recycling content.