SPECIAL COMBINED ISSUE-VOL. VIII INDEX I Volume VIII Number 5/6 May-July 1960 lSSN:0091-3995 Sex information and Education Council of the U.S. I S~EEUSREPORT 1

RELIGION AND HUMAN SEXUALITY: Recent Developments in Catholic Thought

Charles 6. Weiser Director, Aquinas Institute Princeton, New Jersey

To add anything significant to the body of literature con- activity (or inactivity) we can find a precis of important parts cerned with the relationship between religion and human of our personal story, and significant hints about the entire sexuality is a daunting task and one I will not take up. The story line. position of the Roman Catholic Church, which as one of its Another way of looking at self is as a mystery. By mystery, priests I share, on the morality of sexual activity is clear I do not mean an intellectual puzzle to be solved but a reality enough to most and need not be restated here. All I intend to so complex, deep, and involving that we never fully under- do is to share some of my impressions of a few changes in the stand or appreciate it even though it constantly invites us to discussion of human sexuality within the Roman Church that further exploration. This model for self-understanding as- strike me as significant, in the hope that you might find them sumes a unity of the self which allows for paradox. According interesting. to it we discover ourselves in our interior life and we reveal It seems to me that we are coming to think of human and create ourselves in decisions and action. This model sexuality in a different way. One way of looking at the human suffers from a certain vagueness and can tempt us to narcis- person with strong roots in Christian thought is to see the sism. Nonetheless it challenges us to understand our sexual- person as composed of intellect, will, and passions. Although ity as our humanity viewed from a certain perspective. It is the passions have good purposes they can become disor- true that chemists, biologists, psychologists, anthropologists, dered and can even, to put it crudely, overcome the intellect poets and other artists, and even theologians, can fill the and will. This way of understanding ourselves can lead to word sexuality with meaning; still it remains something in- what some people call the “wild horse image” of sexual separable from our humanity. We need to see our sexual fan- passion. Within this image, sexual desire is something that tasies and activity as making sense when we recognize that needs to be kept under control, for uncontrolled by intellect they are part of our quest for integrity, however on target and by will it can carry the person along on a ride that will that quest may be. damage the self and others. Secular cultures know similar Among those in the. ministry who find this model ‘of attempts to understand sexual desire. At least, as popularly human nature helpful there has been a subtle but significant conceived, what is sometimes called the id and sometimes shift in spiritual direction. Although most continue to be the libido is a kind of discrete bit of energy within the person concerned about the moral evaluation of behavior and, which will find ways of expressing itself consciously or where necessary, change in that behavior, the emphasis unconsciously, and this expression should be monitored to moves from the control of sexual fantasy and behavior to a decrease the likelihood of destructive behavior. search with the parishioner for the aspirations and fears that Any intellectual constructs we use in our attempts to these behaviors and fantasies encode. In this kind of spiritual understand ourselves and order our experiences have both counseling sexuality is seen not merely as a passion to be their values and their inadequacies. The analytic ways I have ordered correctly but as one way that the creator calls us into crudely described have proven useful for many of us, in being, and so sexual desire tells us much about what it means putting names to some of our experiences of internal conflict to be a creature and challenges the tendency in our culture to and in appreciating such experiences of personal integration idolize individual self-sufficiency. as we have known. A limitation they share is a tendency to Another change in dealing with human sexuality within alienate us somewhat from our sexuality. So it can happen, my church which strikes me as important has to do with the for example, that a person could view a particular sexual act evaluation of risk-taking in spiritual development. Until re- as losing control of self, or see it as a simple discharge of cently most confessors would demand that penitents avoid, energy or meeting of a need. What many want to point out whenever possible, persons, places, and things that could today is that, in much sexual activity, we can discern a easily be occasions of sin, sexual or otherwise. So, for significant expression of the self. In understanding our sexual example, he would require a married woman to discontinue a simply friendly relationship with a man not her husband when she realized that she and/or he were beginning to DO YOU KNOW THAT. .. . experience strong sexual feelings in their relationship; or a confessor would require a priest to stop being emotionally involved with a woman in any situation that was not work- related and in which either experienced sexual arousal. The World Congress 1981 confessor’s evaluation of the situation would be that the risk of serious sin outweighed the value of the relationship. The Fifth World Congress of Sexology will be held in Influenced by the work of developmental psychologists Jerusalem, Israel, on June 21-26, 1981. The theme, “Applied such as Erikson, today some see the risk of arrested de- Sexology,” was chosen in recognition of the expanding velopment to be potentially more dangerous to the individ- demand for clinical, practical application of the scentific ual’s personal growth than the risk of committing a sexual knowledge gained through increased research in the field. In sin. Confessors who reason this way would want to assist the response to the United Nations designation of 1981 as the penitent in understanding the relationship from many differ- International Year for Disabled Persons, a post-Congress ent perspectives, in appreciating the risks involved and, if the symposium, “Applied Sexology and Disability,” has been benefits of the relationship outweighed the risks, in restruc- scheduled for June 28-29 in Haifa. For a descriptive turing the relationship in such a way as to minimize the brochure, write to: The Secretariat, P.O. Box 16271, Tel Aviv, risks. Although most of those who are doing spiritual Israel. counseling in this way hold strongly to the Church’s teach- ings on the morality of sexual activity, they perceive the risks Training in Marriage and Sex Counseling of sexual activity that they would disapprove within a broader context than was previously the case. The Marriage Council of Philadelphia (Division of Family Most people are aware that many priests think that Study, Department of Psychiatry of the University of Pennsyl- celibacy should be optional for diocesan priests (as distinct vania School of Medicine) offers a clinically based program in from religious priests who make vows of poverty, chastity, marriage and sex counseling and sex education for profes- and obedience and are committed to some or another form sionals seeking training in these areas. This full-time, ll- of common life). But not so many are aware that priests are month program is open to candidates who have had super- becoming increasingly feisty in asserting that total abstinence vised counseling experience and have a master’s degree or from genital activity is not a dehumanizing way of life for above. (It is not an internship for students seeking an initial those who do so for good reasons. They believe that it is counseling practicum.) This program is approved by AAMFT possible to be aware of and to accept their own sexuality as a training center in marriage and family counseling. For without expressing it genitally with others or with the self. details, write to Ellen M. Berman, MD, Director of Clinical Recently a book very popular among priests and people Training, Marriage Council of Philadelphia, Inc., 4025 in vows was entitled The Sexual Celibate-a title which until Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. the last decade or so would have squnded as strange to many of the Catholic clergy as no doubt it sounds today to many outside our tradition. This book by Donald Goergen makes a case for the possibility of real intimacy and rich affectivity for the celibate. My description of these trends within the Roman - Volume VIII, Number 5/6 May-July 1980 Catholic Church in the United States has been rather crude. The trends themselves are in an early form of evolution and much in need of further clarification. As this decade pro- The S/ECUS Report is published bimonthly. Subscriptions ceeds, however, they will receive much attention. 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SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 WHERE THE ACTION IS

Family and Church Sexuality Project

“Families Working Together” is the title of a 1980 sexuality program does encourage the development of an internally education project sponsored by the Family Life Issues Group consistent set of values within the context of church and of the United Church Board for Homeland Ministries family. (UCBHM), the national mission board of the United Church Leadership training for both adult and youth leaders of Christ. Designed for congregations and church families, includes experience with the program content itself, famil- this project concentrates on facilitating communication and iarization with the rationale for the approach and with the understanding in sexuality issues and in assisting persons various myths and misconceptions regarding sexuality educa- young and old to become responsible decision makers in the tion, how and where to contact local expert resource per- realm of their own sexuality. sons, and planning for the implementation of the program at The approach and content of the project were developed each local church. in two pilot projects during 1979 in the South Central (Texas A staff consultant from UCBHM is available to meet twice and Louisiana) and Nebraska Conferences of the UCC, SUP- with each project, during the planning stage and as a leader ported through the UCBHM Teenage Pregnancy Project. A in the training schedule. The three films used in the program statement from the South Central Project Proposal and provided free of charge by the project’s central office eloquently states the rationale for this approach: are: About Sex, an informational film for teenagers concern- We believe that the family has been and should be the ing sexuality issues; Loving Parents, in which parents re- primary place in which children both grow physically spond to vignettes concerning communication about sexual- and develop a system of values. In our time, there are ity and discuss their role in the sex education of their complex and vexing issues of sexuality in both of these children; and Are We Still Going to the Movies? wherein a areas. Our churches should provide support for par- teenage couple confront each other regarding their under- ents and children in clarifying these issues, supplying standings and expectations in their relationship. Supple- pertinent factual information related thereto, and pro- mentary resource materials made available at cost include: viding a sound biblical and theological basis for think- The Holy Bible; You by Sol Gordon; Learning about Sex by ing, discussing, and deciding. Our goal in these en- Gary Kelly; Values in Sexuality by Eleanor S. Morrison and deavors should not be to develop “experts” in gene- Mila Underhill Price; Embodiment by James Nelson; Human tics, human procreation, or the social sciences, but Sexuality: A Preliminary Study, the United Church of Christ; rather, to develop parents who are “askable” about issues in Sexual Ethics by United Church People for a Biblical questions related to human sexuality, youth who have Witness; and “Sex Is Aweful,” )ournal of Current Social confidence in the concern and honesty of their parents, Issues, Spring 1978. and a common willingness to seek information and Experience with the earlier pilot projects has shown that counsel with regard to these perplexing issues. the inclusion of young people in planning and implementing the programs has proved invaluable. The teenage leaders The project will work with churches in five to seven Confer- have provided excellent editorial input, assisted in publicity, ences (usually a state) of the United Church of Christ. Within and been extremely competent leaders. In addition, the each Conference a broadly representative committee includ- broadly representative coordinating committee has been ing young people of both sexes will be formed to oversee the especially important in anticipating any problems or project. Volunteer leadership teams of one adult and a young roadblocks, and in tailoring the programs to the needs of the person of the other sex will be trained to carry out programs churches in a given Conference. During the sessions, valu- at their own churches. able discussions were facilitated by showing films to parents The general format of the programs in local churches and youth simultaneously, followed first by separate, then calls for six two-hour sessions for youth and six two-hour joint discussions. Parents felt reassured by the mature re- sessions for parents. Since the content of the programs for sponses to the films among the youth who, in turn, became each group is similar and easily allows for various mixes of more aware of the feelings of their parents and other adults participants, some churches have decided to combine young involved. people and adults for all or some portions of the six meet- “Families Working Together” is this church’s response to ings. Primarily family units will participate, but teenagers and the crucial need for new approaches in sexualitv education. adults as individuals are welcomed. Programs focus on the following important aspects of sexuality: biblical and [Note: This report was prepared by Bill Stackhouse, MTS, theological perspectives, communication, knowledge, values ACS, project associate to the UCBHM Teenage Pregnancy clarification, and decision making. Each participating congre- Project and director of the “Families Working Together” gation is able to tailor the program to its individual needs. Project. In addition, he teaches Human Sexuality and Coun- While it does not promote a particular value system, the seling at Brooklyn College (CUNY).-Ed.]

SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 3 SPEAKING OUT

Church-Sponsored Human Sexuality Programs

Rev. Steven Davis, MSW United Church of Christ and lane Hardy, MEd Program Coordinator, Human Growth, Development, and Reproduction Seminars, Glastonbury Public School System, Glastonbury, Connecticut

In 1969 the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury, generates mistrust, and mistrust fragments relationships. Ed- Connecticut, embarked upon a risky but ultimately reward- ucation in sexuality addresses fears, reduces ignorance, and ing venture of incorporating human sexuality education into therefore, by its very nature, is an effort in reconciliation. the parish’s youth program. Based upon the then-pilot cur- The Church as an Evangelical, Educational Community riculum About Your Sexuality (Unitarian-Universalist Associa- tion), the program initially addressed itself to junior high The function of most religious education is, in a caring school young people and their parents. Since its introduc- forum, to help illuminate and integrate the spiritual dimen- tion, this sexuality dimension of the youth program has been sions of who a person is with how a person behaves in his or expanded to include senior high students and has been well her everyday-life context. One of our tasks as parents, adults, received by over 500 adolescents and adults. We have sub- and youth leaders in the church is to discover ways of sequently augmented the About Your Sexuality curriculum presenting the gospel as a living reality for young people. with other materials and resources of our own, all of which This means we must address issues which are relevant to evolved into a program “Human Sexuality Awareness in the their lives. Although sexuality is an ever-present life dimen- Church” for various-aged young people, parents, and adults. sion, the adolescent years are, for most of us, the beginning Although these programs are enthusiastically received by of our making decisions which involve overt expressions of the overwhelming majority of participants, the initiation of who we are sexually. At this time when support and concern such programs into the parish often becomes a problem of are so crucial, it is often the case that such communication as concern. The relevancy of the church’s involvement in the there may have been between parents and children actually area of human sexuality is frequently questioned as is the deteriorates. issue of how moral values will be approached. It is therefore It can be most helpful and reassuring for young people crucial that church leaders address these issues before em- to have the demonstrated interest of parents and the confi- barking upon such a venture. dence of some other adults significant in their lives. Here Why is the church an appropriate, indeed highly desira- again, the church is a valuable resource. It has been our ble setting for programs in human sexuality? experience that in such a setting a significant level of trust is generated not only among peers but also with those adult The Church as a Healing Community leaders who are instrumental in establishing an honest, Historically we inherit the indentity of being a commu- caring, and comfortable atmosphere. All questions are an- nity of healing and reconciling activity. We derive our voca- swered frankly and as sensitively as possible. Sometimes this tion from that of our Lord, who initiates and illustrates his includes replying, “I don’t know the answer to that, but let’s ministry with these words from Isaiah: find out.“

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has The Church as a Confessing Community annointed me to preach good news to the poor, he has We all have our ignorances to confess, our dilemmas to sent me to proclaim release to the captives and recover- acknowledge, and our mistakes from which to learn. Tradi- ing of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are tionally, the church accepts these as part of who we are. oppressed. (Luke 4:18) Nevertheless, some parents feel paralyzed by feelings of guilt Given the church’s recent recovery of a more holistic ap- or confusion when it comes to personal values and moral preciation of physical health and spiritual well-being, healing issues and they are intent on finding out what the church necessarily includes the preventive dimension in the area of authoritatively says in these areas. The scope of this article sexuality. This means the accumulation of knowledge and does not permit adequate elaboration on this matter, al- hopefully the cultivation of wisdom. Furthermore, one power though obviously further discussion must first come to terms to which we are all captive and from which we need continual with the preliminary question, “Who is the church?” United release is that of ignorance. Ignorance potentiates fear, fear Church of Christ polity and Presbyterian polity suggest that

4 SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 we, the people, are the church, in dialogue with the direction areas of continuing, conscionable struggle, which serve as of our spiritual forebears but also with the dictates of our helpful, humble reminders that we, the church, are rightfully own spirit-enlivened consciences manifested in community a confessing community, still journeying our way through to As such, by definition, we the church may not always succeed completeness. in being as clear, concise, and consistent as we would like to Essentially, our community task as religious educators be. and sex educators is to provide accurate information, to offer These attitude inventories that we have developed and opportunities for identifying and cultivating values, to assist used with parents and adults do indicate areas of inconsis- young people in developing resources that better enable tency and confusion, but these people are also unanimous in them to communicate effectively, and to guide them in their opinion that sexuality awareness should take place in making decisions consistent with the requirements of con- the church, and the overwhelming majority feel that the Bible science. But perhaps most importantly, our task is to share is not the ultimate authority in matters of sexual morality. with them the glorious message that sexuality is a gift of God, Adults are less than unanimous and at times widely disparate, a birthright of, and potential for, creation. however, when it comes to matters of homosexuality as an We positively regard the church as a community which acceptable lifestyle for others or for their children, premarital encourages people to be all they can be, to glorify God intercourse, masturbation for pleasure, and laws concerning through utilizing all of their gifts. Thus, we feel called to obscenity and pornography. support our young people by recognizing their sexuality as What is important is that inconsistency and/or confusion something we value in them, not just something we fear, with respect to these issues do not necessarily demonstrate a and by providing them and their parents with opportunities lack of faithfulness or moral fortitude. Rather, they reveal to appreciate better this aspect of who they are.

The Catalog of Family Planning Materials, a 1979 publication DO YOU KNOW THAT.. . of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, is a softcover book containing over 100 pages of annotated refer- ences to available printed, audio-visual, and display materials in the field of family planning and human sexuality, with Resources to Write For. . s listings for both the general public and professionals, cover- ing such areas as sex education, contraception, and adop- Sexuality and Neuromuscular Disease by Frances Anderson, tion. The five- to ten-line annotations for each item are Joan Bardach, and Joseph Goodgold, is a 52-page monograph particularly helpful in making an appropriate selection designed for use by rehabilitation professionals. Derived among the many available choices. The small typeface may primarily from structured clinical interviews with 40 patients cause some reading difficulties, but the catalog, which costs at the Neuromuscular Disease Center at the Institute of $3.25, is a useful resource. To order, write to: Superinten- Rehabilitation Medicine, it deals with the sexual needs and dent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wash- concerns of adolescents and adults with neuromuscular ington, DC 20402 disease, parental attitudes about these, the functional limita- tions on sexual activity, and guidelines for sexual counsel- Sexuality and Deafness is a compilation of eight articles (with ing. Clear-cut diagrams are included showing the best posi- references) by Robert R. Davila, Della Fitz-Gerald, Max Fitz- tions for each neuromuscular limitation. Chapter VI is an Gerald, and Clarence M. Williams on topics concerned with eight-page, categorized listing of the resources cited. A sex education for the hearing impaired. The titles are: “Sex limited number of free copies are available from the Publica- Education from the Deaf Perspective,” “Deaf People are tions Office, Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York Sexual, Too!” “Behind the Times,” “Sexual Implications of University Medical Center, 400 East 34th Street, New York, Deafness, “ “The Sex Educator: Who’s Teaching the Teacher NY 10016. Sex Education?” ” Sex Education Survey of Residential Facilities for the Deaf, ” “Human Sexuality and the Handi- Sexuality Education for Parents: A Training Manual for capped Child, ” and “Parents: A Child’s First Sex Educator.” It Facilitators, by Stephanie Braaten Hanson and Nadeane Nass, is published by the Pre-College Programs of Gallaudet Col- is a well-organized, comprehensive guide, which stresses the lege in conjunction with the Kendall Demonstration Elemen- importance of facilitator training, marketing, sponsorship, tary School, Model Secondary School for the Deaf. For a free and evaluation for a parent sex education program. De- copy, write to Outreach, Box 114, Pre-College Programs, ’ veloped for and successfully used by the Dodge-Jefferson Gallaudet College, Kendall Green, Washington, DC 20002. Chapter of Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin, the curriculum for four two-hour sessions is based on the belief that sexual- Sexuality and Disability: A National Symposium is a compila- ity education should include discussions about attitudes, tion of the proceedings of the May 18-20, 1979, conference feelings, moral values, and the reasons for these, along with held at the University of California in San Francisco. In the facts on topics related directly to sex such as anatomy, addition to copies of the 18 papers presented, this 145-page conception, menstruation, etc. The conclusion lists sug- publication includes a selective bibliography on sexuality and gestions for a resource take-home packet and recommended disability, and a resource list of pertinent agencies. To obtain reading for parents. Single copies cost $8.50 which includes a copy, send $5.75 to: The Sex and Disability Unit, Human postage. Write to: Planned Parenthood Association, Dodge- Sexuality Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Jefferson Chapter, 159 West Garland Street, Jefferson, WI California, 814 Mission Street, 2nd floor, San Francisco, CA 53549. 94103. SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 5 BOOK REVIEWS

Dimensions of Human Sexuality. Den- data, and reinterpretation of the lay Catholic journalists, Mayo and Pa- nis Doherty, ed. Garden City, N.Y.: Catholic tradition, all shaped into a tricia Mohs, highlights the devastating Doubleday and Company, 1979 (249 personalist approach to sexual ethics. legacy of the church’s negative ap- pp.; $8.95). While traditional Catholic moral theol- proach to much in sexuality; but, sur- ogy placed its central emphasis upon prisingly, at the same time the Mohses Reviewed by lames 6. Nelson, PhD, the sexual act and whether or not such request a more precise statement re- Professor of Christian Ethics, United garding what constitutes sexual immor- Theological Seminary of the Twin an act was in accord with natural law, the Kosnik volume placed its emphasis ality. Cities, New Brighton, Minn. squarely upon the person, upon his or In terms of the issues of churchly Occasionally a book appears which her relationships, and intentions, and authority and politics, Archbishop elicits such significant debate that a upon the meanings of sexual expres- Joseph Bernardin’s essay is note- follow-up volume of critical responses sions for that person’s “creative growth worthy. He indicts Human Sexuality for ensues. Such has been the case with toward integration.” The net result was departing from “the proper role” of Human Sexuality: New Directions in that Human Sexuality departed signifi- Catholic moral theology which, he American Catholic Thought (Paulist cantly from official Vatican teachings claims, should remain on the level of Press, 1977). Commissioned by the on such issues as masturbation, con- general and absolute norms and not Catholic Theological Society of traception, premarital sex, homosexu- attempt to give specific pastoral coun- America, it was produced by a five- ality, and sterilization. Eschewing abso- sel. He also indicts the book for depart- scholar team headed by Fr. Anthony lute moral judgments on specific sexual ing from churchly tradition and from Kosnik. Its authors specifically invited acts, the book instead endorsed a plur- the directives of the Catholic episco- others to join them “in the continiing ality of values which the committee felt pacy, a departure which he believes search for more satisfactory answers to sexual behavior ought to embrace--the manifests either ignorance or sin (or the mystery of human sexuality.” The qualities of being self-liberating, both) on the part of its authors. response to the Kosnik volume was other-enriching, honest, faithful, so- In a gracious but courageously hon- varied, to say the least. It was officially cially responsible, life-serving, and est final chapter, Fr. Anthony Kosnik condemned by the Vatican “for the joyous. speaks for himself and for others on erroneous conclusions and the poten- The Doherty volume is a set of essays the team which produced Human Sex- tially harmful impact these ideas can by 11 Catholic scholars and critics. The uality. The spirit of his response ac- have on the correct formation of the essays range from vigorous disapproval cords with the spirit of the original Christian conscience of so many peo- to supportive elaboration of Human book-the desire to be faithfully ple.” The American Catholic hierarchy Sexuality’s position. Some articles fault Catholic and at the same time to chart likewise denounced the book. Many the book for “scholarly superficiality” the emerging directions in liberal Catholics, however, celebrated the and “glaring lacunae” (Jensen and Roman thought on sexuality. Those di- fresh “new directions” it articulated Stuhlmueller on the Old Testament, rections insist that human sexuality is with both compassion and scholarly and Doherty on church tradition). far broader and richer than genital sex. integrity. These latter folk were joined Some essays more sympathetically Human sexuality is central rather than by many outside the Catholic Church press for extensions of the book’s ar- accidental to personhood and to who found the book a rich resource for guments (La Verdiere on the New Tes- human becoming. Its expressions in anyone living within the Judeo-Chris- tament, and Baum on Freudian and various forms of genital activity are to tian tradition. I recorded my own en- Marxian interpretations of sexuality). be evaluated fundamentally in terms of thusiasm in a S/ECUS Report review in One essay, that of William May, illus- contributions to the creative integra- January 1978, and the essays in the trates how even the erudite scholar can tion and fulfillment of the persons Doherty volume reveal something of miss the basic point of a book: May involved-not primarily in terms of the the wide spectrum of responses. claims that Human Sexuality embraces physical structure of the acts them- The Kosnik committee was originally the Platonic body-spirit dualism which, selves nor in terms of a doctrine of commissioned to provide “some helpful in actuality, is the furthest thing from what accords with “nature.” and illuminating guidelines il? the pres- the Kosnik committee’s approach. Ethi- I believe that Daniel Maguire wrote ent confusion” in sexual morality. cist Daniel Maguire’s evaluation is both the fitting conclusion in his essay: Human Sexuality was a remarkable empathetically generous and invigorat- “They [the authors of Human Sexuality] blend of biblical theology, empirical ingly critical. A poignant article by two dared to face issues which most

Audience Level Indicators: C-Children (elementary grades), ET--Early teens (junior high), LT-Late teens (senior high), A-College, general adult public, P-Parents, PR-Professionals. ____~ -

6 SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 Catholic moralists have not faced with Human Sexuality Methods and Mate- the trends in the field and answers the candor. In so doing, they have smoked rials for the Education, Family life and formidable question asked concerning us all out and have guaranteed a more Health Professions: An Annotated all such resources, “But won’t it soon substantive and helpful discussion of Guide to the Audiovisuals. Ronald S. be out of date?” with the assurance that human sexuality than we have had in Daniel. Brea, Calif.: Heuristicus Pub- current data is constantly fed to the years. Because of their work the debate lishing Company, 1979 (512 pp.; $35.00 computer so that periodic supplements they have stimulated also promises to perfect bound, $45.00 casebound). will be published. There is a concise, be an event in theory.” A, PR easy-to-understand discussion on the Reviewed by Deryck D. Calderwood, use of the guide and a well-reasoned, PhD, Director, Human Sexuality Pro- well-presented essay on the “Creative gram, New York University; member, Celebration in the Bedroom. Charlie and Effective Use of Audiovisuals” S/ECUS Board of Directors. Shedd and Martha Shedd. Waco, which is an invaluable resource in it- Texas: Word Books, 1979 (127 pp.; This volume, the first of a projected self. $5.95). five-volume series on various classes of As reviewer of films for the S/ECUS resources for educators in the family Report, organizer of the annual Film Reviewed by William H. Genn6, MA, life and human sexuality fields, is the Exhibits for the National Council on ACS, Montclair Counseling Center, result of prodigious research and rep- Family Relations, as well as a producer Montclair, N.J. resents a monumental contribution to of films, I am constantly involved with If at the time they conducted their 1977 the field. It belongs on the shelf of audio-visuals, and receive reams of study on female sexuality this book had every educator and counselor as well as promotional material and correspon- been available, the editors of Redbook in every library. dence related to film resources. I there- magazine would not have been so sur- There are some 3100 annotated list- fore have an unusually keen apprecia- prised at finding that women who are ings of audio-visuals categorized into tion of the task Daniel undertook and religious state that they get more en- 28 basic topics areas: marriage and fam- the superlative contribution he has joyment out of sex. ily, reproduction, alternate life styles made. I am impressed by the compre- Here is a book, written by a couple and premarital sex, birth control, vene- hensiveness, the accuracy of the infor- married for 39 years and published by a real disease, gender related materials, mation, and the format which makes conservative Christian publishing masturbation, values and attitudes, the information so easily accessible. house, in which each chapter begins arousal and response cycle, homosex- The price of this valuable resource is with a prayer and is liberally sprinkled uality, variant sexual behaviors, coun- minimal compared to the enrichment with Biblical quotations-a book that seling techniques and dysfunctions, it can bring to our educational pro- commends oral sex, mutual masturba- medically based health instructions, the grams and the greatly enhanced dis- tion, or whatever else appeals to a mentally and physically compromised, crimination it can provide in planning married couple that is not physically, geriatric sexuality, sex and law, sex ed- them. PR mentally, or psychologically harmful in ucation, affection/communication/ any way nor prohibited by the Bible. touching, drugs and sex, adolescence Charlie and Martha Shedd are na- and puberty, pregnancy and birth, Gay Men: The Sociology of Male tionally known for their “Fun Marriage cross-cultural sexual studies, standards Homosexuality. Martin P. Levine, ed. Forums” which they have for years for beauty and sex attraction, explicit New York: Harper and Row, 1979 (346 conducted throughout the country. In sexual acts, series and multiple titles, pp.; $14.95). this book, they use some of the hun- humor and satire, fantasy, and miscon- Reviewed by Louie Crew, PhD, as- dreds of questions and shared experi- ceptions and myths. sociate professor of English, University ences they have encountered in those There are four sections to this guide. of Wisconsin at Stevens Point; compiler forums as bases for their brief, to-the- Section I is an alphabetical listing indi- of The Gay Academic (EJC, 7978); point comments. cating format (slide, motion picture, founder of INTEGRITY, the Interna- With “Then God created male and video cassette, etc.), running time, tional Organization of Gay Episcopa- female and it was excellent in every copyright date (the majority of the films way” (Genesis 1) as their theme covered were produced in the ’60s and lians. throughout, they explore the many ‘~OS), age-level indicators, distributors, Sociologist Martin Levine has collected ways in which it is possible to celebrate and a brief objective annotation. Sec- 21 manuscripts about gay male ‘lop- the gift of sexuality. For Christians they tion II arranges the films by topics and pression” and “culture,” all but three integrate these sexual experiences into age levels with references to related of which have been previously pub- Bible study and prayer for a total per- topic areas. Section III provides a list of lished or presented at academic sonal and spiritual development. distributors, their addresses, and in- forums, half from 1971-75 and half The authors make it quite clear that formation about their policies where from 1976-79. It is useful to see con- they are writing about sexual enrich- appropriate. Films available free of trasts or continuing mythology in the ment and celebration for married cou- charge are indicated. Section IV is an two time slots. It is also useful to have ples who have made a commitment of index to subject headings so that key this material accessible in one volume, fidelity to each other. Based on this, words of a more sharply defined inter- most of it suitable for general readers they offer many practical and some est refer one to related basic catego- and scholars alike. unusual suggestions for experiencing ries. In addition to this encyclopedic Gay Men openly confronts many of Cod’s gift of sex in marriage as “excel- information, there is an Introduction the hostile stereotypes. Levine asserts: lent in every way!” A which gives an overview and analysis of “What is disheartening about these

SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 7 stereotypes is their inaccuracy” (p. 2); from being a limited and deviant sub- chanical universe (Brahman) as clearly as a scientist he resists such culture to being a richly diverse and against middle-order phenomenal real- descriptions of gay persons as “the extensive entity which he calls, in T. S. ity (maya). Both “yoga” in general and hopeless neurotic, the moral degener- Eliot’s phrase, “a satellite culture.” He specific sexual exercises have this basic ate, the nelly queen, the effete dandy” particularly welcomes the emergence aim. In the case of sexuality, not only (p. 1). It is disheartening that stereo- of a “new, masculine image on the gay does the man-woman dyad have types continue to perpetuate the igno- male scene . . light years away from iconographic and allusive power, but rance of heterosexuals about homo- ‘the effete martini sippers’ of prelibera- special techniques were developed to sexuals, doing a disservice to both tion times” (p. 137). make use of the normally brief “win- groups. Others suggest that these changes dow” of dissociation preceding orgasm In the book, several scholars speak are not unequivocal signs of progress. to facilitate the oceanic experience. with quiet, strong authority of their Barry D. Adams (1979) opposes assimi- Religious exercises of this kind own gay experience. Laud Humphreys, lation of gays into a corrupt mainstream (popularly and sometimes incorrectly longtime pioneer in the careful study of culture and views their limited lumped together as “Tantric,” both in gay male issues, writes here (1979) from economic influence as small return for this book and many others) have spilled an unobtrusive but unambiguous gay the rigid conformity required for suc- over throughout Asia into popular male perspective, eschewing the dis- cess. Jack Nichols (1977) in “Butcher sexual lore, which includes magic, en- tancing pronouns they, them, their, Than Thou: Beyond Machismo” cele- hanced pleasure, and sexual acro- and theirs for we, us, our, and ours. But brates much of the diversity of gay male batics-as for many lay Orientals, the fact that in the book some gays culture. Had Levine not chosen to ig- hatha-yoga is an edifying form of gym- continue to keep a safe ambiguity nore the lesbian question in this vol- nastics. It is this popular erotological about their personal orientation seems ume, he would have found far more tradition in India, Japan, and China on to be an indication of the continued evidence of a changed society than of a which the authors of Sexual Secrets risk of reprisals from heterosexual merely accommodating one. draw. There is nothing secret about it, scholars rather than of scholarly “ob- At last the professionals are begin- beyond the attempt of Eastern and jectivity” on the writers’ parts. Of ning to ask a few of the right kinds of Western prudes to limit the popular course, some contributors may well be questions about the quality of gay lives. circulation of posture books, and most closeted heterosexuals! As a gay male academic surviving in of it is already available to American The authors often disagree in their rural America, I urge people to read readers. One more account of it will do assessments of gay male achievements this book as a heuristic exercise, find- no harm, and the long quotations from and goals. Those who focus on oppres- ing here the kinds of provocative think- erotological works may be unfamiliar to sion, as do Eugene E. Levitt and Albert ing that must ultimately lead to the some. Even the attempt to phi- D. Klassen, Jr. in a partial report of the continued research so desperately losophize sexual pleasure has its findings of a four-year investigation needed by all gays, whether lesbians or Oriental counterparts, and the revival supported by NIMH, paint a grim males. A, PR of awareness, in post-Puritan Christen- prognosis. Those who focus on indi- dom, that sexual and all other daily vidual and collective efforts at personal living is sacramental and worthy has and social change, however, as do the Sexual Secrets. Nik Douglas and Penny merit. writers of the 16 manuscripts about gay Slinger. New York: Destiny Books, 1979 That the authors have undoubtedly male culture, are typically more hope- (383 pp.; $24.95). talked to some serious yogis is appar- ful. Understandably, in the midst of an ent if only because much that they Reviewed by Alex Comfort, MB, BCh, extended, ongoing skirmish, no one repeat is what contemporary Hindu DSc, consultant psychiatrist, Brent- has any advantage of hindsight. sadhus invariably say to visiting wood Veterans Administration Hospi- Richard Zoglin (1974) touts the mleccha-the spiritual effects of diet, tal; formerly visiting Fellow, Indian emergence of “the homosexual execu- for example. They have also acquired, Statistical Institute. tive.” Martin S. Weinberg and Colin J. apparently, most of the religious lan- Williams (1975) explore the increased “Oriental” philosophies (meaning ba- guage and some of the benefits in sex- access to gay baths, and Martin Hoff- sically those traditions which spring ual introspection which accrue to lay man (1972) offers a typology of male from the Vedas) have been acutely am- Hindus, and probably can accrue to lay hustlers. Brian Miller (1978) points to- bivalent over their valuation of sex. On Europeans, although they do not need ward a future of improved mental and one hand it has been regarded as a drain most of the overlay of folklore inherent social health when gay fathers can on spirituality: this is the tradition most in, for example, popularizations of the openly identify themselves to their vocally evident in modern India since concept of the “subtle body”-anyone children. Jim Kelly (1977) discusses the Candhiji. On the other, it is seen as the accustomed to biofeedback work will myths and realities concerning the paradigm of a cosmic dyad-an impor- be familiar with the difficulty of ver- aging male homosexual. Levine‘s own tant meditative tool, and an inherently balizing wholly psychophysiological essay (1979), an examination of the va- edifying part of daily life. maneuvers. But they neither talk nor lidity of the “gay ghetto” as a sociologi- By far the most important concern of write like serious mystics, most of cal concept, includes points concern- all these positive traditions is the pro- whom do not write and are persuaded ing gay capitalism and other aspects of duction of oceanic experience-best with difficulty to talk. One can usually successful gay “clout.” Humphreys explained, perhaps, to modern Ameri- identify those who have experienced (1979) generalizes, from much of this cans as the direct empathic awareness l-less perception personally by their kind of evidence, that we have moved of the thingless or quantum-me- style, which is emphatically not the

8 SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 style of this book. The final effect is religious and secular, the safest ap- each generation define and direct the equally emphatically not oriental, but proach would probably be to disregard development of a new branch of sci- closer to the California smorgasbord. the expository text, and treat this as a ence. Love and Limerence does just The authors give a free rendering (un- posture book with edification-in that for psychology and sexology.” You identified by name) of what appears to which role it has many Indian counter- will be an ’80s dropout if you don’t read be a vernacular copy of the Siva parts-making due allowance’for the this book. Tantra-difficult to place when they postural adaptability which comes from Limerence is a term newly coined by have made it over because it introduces long practice of hatha-yoga if they the author. The need for it grew out of such terms as “bioelectric energy,” but value their intervertebral discs. Used in her clinical work and survey research reasonably close to several popular this way, it is not so very different from on that condition for which in the ver- Tantric expositions in Sanskrit or Ben- Orissan palm-leaf books in which the nacular we have no specific term. gali. So far, so good; but they also mix text is chiefly “for the birds”; the gen- There are only circumlocutions such as up texts from canonical works, popular eral recognition of woman as a secular love-smitten, madly in love, head over literature, erotology, sexual fantasy, as well as a sacred initiatrix is at least heels in love, being in state of having and at least four distinct geographical edifying for a macho culture. Few if any fallen in love, being swept off your feet, areas. The result resembles a history of of the postures designed to demon- obsessed, or being gaga over. The Judeo-Christian thought drawn from strate nonejaculatory intercourse are nearest one-word terms are incomplete an omelet composed of the Torah, Rev- likely to be of much value to modern, synonyms such as infatuation and dot- elations, Paradise lost, St. Ignatius, unmystical Americans, and the ing. the Book of Mormon, and Mary Baker psychophysiological skills which seri- Limerence has no etymology. It was Eddy, and produced as a coffee-table ous oceanic mystics acquire by pro- chosen arbitrarily, so that it would not book for Eskimos. longed discipline, personal instruction, be rooted in other concepts. Because it Some of this muddle springs from a and 20-odd years of practice cannot be could have, as an analogue, amorance, basic European difficulty in placing packaged for instant acquisition, al- it simulates a Latin etymology. Thus it oneself vis-a-vis an in-depth cultural though samadhi may indeed come un- can form the adjective limerent. There tradition, but the net result is a further awares on those who engage in sex for is not yet a limerentor or a limerentee, confusion between the usual and the purely secular ends. the latter being referred to in the book meditative uses of sexuality-which are More serious students will find the somewhat infelicitously as LO (limer- quite different things, in that for availability of the material in one place ent object). The verb form, not used oceanic purposes orgasm is delayed or useful, but they will have to sort out the by the author, would be to limerent, even avoided altogether, a socially in- mishmash for themselves. Either the and it could be both transitive and appropriate or random partner is pre- authors are fluent in Sanskrit, Chinese, intransitive. ferred in order to depersonalize the Pali, Tibetan, Ghurkali, Japanese, and When I first read Love and Limer- experience, and the intention is deeply Punjabi, or the sources of the transla- ence, all those to whom I spoke of it and sometimes ferociously serious tions they have used should be given. immediately adopted the term limer- even when it is playful or joyous! One The bibliography does not identify in- ence into their vocabularies. It filled a wonders when, if ever, the authors dividual quotations; plenty of available lexical blank and gave a name to a prefaced their “Tantric” exercises by translations bear little relationship to phenomenon that everyone recog- discipline and by meditating in a the original documents. It will do gen- nized, either from personal experience burning-ground: the trivialization of eral readers no harm, however, to rec- or as witnessed in others. Limerence is this religious experience is no more ognize that sexual experience has di- self-evidently related to love, but it is pleasing than the trivialization of Chris- mensions, going beyond the im- not synonymous with it. Love is a tian teaching by pop evangelists. Seri- mediate and affectionate, which Chris- multipurpose term that includes sacred ous students of the Tantric uses of tian traditions have ignored, even if this and profane love, and affectional and sexuality in meditation should stick to book thoroughly confuses its sources. erotosexual love. Limerent love is the writings of Professor Bharati, erotosexual, but it is much else as well. Philip Rawson, or Professor Guenther Limerence begins in the limerent lover until they understand what it is actually love and Limerence: The Experience of and projects itself, possibly with about. Being in love. Dorothy Tennov. New momentous suddenness, onto the The book has an enormous number York: Stein and Day, 1979 (324 pp.; other person, the LO, who may or may of illustrations, chiefly redrawn from $11.95). not reciprocate. The very possibility, to Oriental (Indian, Chinese, Japanese) say nothing of the actuality of reciproc- Reviewed by John Money, PhD, Profes- sources-sometimes misleadingly, as ity, precipitates the limerent lover into sor of Medical Psychology and As- in the case of the picture on page 199, a state of obsessive and ecstatic bliss. sociate Professor of Pediatrics, Depart- where the figure of the instructing guru One-sided or mismatched limerence ments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sci- has been left out. On page 97, an precipitates obsessive and catastropic ences and Pediatrics, The )ohns Hop- illustration of the defloration of a agony-the syndrome of unrequited kins University and Hospital, Baltimore, novice Japanese prostitute is used to love, or the “broken heart” which is Md. illustrate “massage”! Chinese, Japa- not yet officially recognized in nese, Roman, Buddhist, Taoist, and Unheralded, a typescript of Dorothy psychiatry. Islamic illustrations are cited in a Tennov’s book arrived on my desk The reader will find in Love and Hindu context. For readers seriously early in 1979. My opinion was re- Limerence a well-documented delinea- interested in Oriental uses of sexuality, quested and I wrote: “A few books in tion of the phenomenology of limer-

SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 9 ence. There are chapters or sections on ture interpersonal conflict. The speci- mon underlying factors and, rather its social effects, such as in marriage; ficity of the discussion concerned with than discussing how variation in these its biological implications; its signifi- how individuals can develop an aware- factors influences the dynamics of rela- cance in art, literature and history; its ness of their particular covenant ele- tionships in specific terms, the authors commercial exploitation; the dire con- ments is one of the major strengths of decided to discuss generalized types. sequences of its mismanagement and intimate Partners, as is the discussion Their global presentation may only misdiagnosis as transference in psycho- of the process of establishing expecta- serve to confuse readers by obscuring therapy; the possibility of help for the tions as a couple, with one of the most the complexities of intimacy. limerent sufferer; and the homo- interesting and enjoyable chapters Unfortunately, the book’s limitations limerent. focusing on sexual agreement. represent more than small problems Now that the term limerence has Despite the strengths of this book for this reviewer, and its weaknesses been coined and defined, there will and the importance of much of what it seriously detract from its value. Al- undoubtedly be a surge of scholarly has to say, there are several limitations though it may well provoke some and research interest in all the various and inadequacies. In an effort to make thought, it should still be read with manifestations involved in this love as- the book understandable to the gen- some skepticism. A pect of human sexuality. Sexologically, eral public, the authors may have un- the ’60s were the decade of Masters derestimated their readers. The history and Johnson’s sex therapy. The ’70s of marriage in the introductory chapter Sexual Excitement, Sexual Peace: The were the decade of gender identity. is oversimplified and inaccurate, as is Place of Masturbation in Adult Rela- The ’80s are likely to become the de- the overview of contemporary marriage tionships. Suzanne Sarnoff and Irving cade of love-bonding and limerence. which suggests that there are no rules Sarnoff. New York: M. Evans and Love and Limerence is of great im- or models for modern relationships. Company, 1979 (319 pp.; $12.50). portance for psychologists as well as Sager and Hunt define seven basic Reviewed by Sam ]ulty, writer and lec- sexologists. It should be used in all behavioral profiles which are group- turer in the field of human sexuality; human sexuality and sex education ings of personality characteristics: author of Men’s Bodies, Men’s Selves courses, and in medical curricula, and equal, romantic, parental, childlike, (Dell, 1979). 4 ought to be an essential part of the rational, companionate, and parallel. postgraduate and continuing-educa- They also discuss the combinations of As a youngster I got my sex education tion training of psychotherapists, psy- these profiles in intimate relationships. by keeping my ears open while the chiatrists, gynecologists, urologists, Although not explicitly noted, the older boys bragged. Theirs was no and of pediatricians serving adoles- seven behavioral profiles share com- comprehensive course, but rather a cents. In addition, it should have wide- beginner’s guide to what was “ok” and spread appeal to the general public, what was “ng” in sex. Touching a bare including youth.. It should be pointed breast was ok; touching through a out, however, that limerence is a state heavy sweater and bra was ng. Oral- not limited to youth, for it can and does genital sex when she does it was ok; engulf and overwhelm individuals of when he does it was ng. Intercourse any age, from kindergarteners to was very ok; “playing with yourself” nonogenarians. LT, A, PR was definitely ng. So I listened, learned, and yearned for the time when I could test all these theories empiri- Intimate Partners: Hidden Patterns in cally, meanwhile feeling very uncom- love Relationships. Clifford J. Sager fortable about my own inevitable self- and Bernice Hunt. New York: McGraw- pleasuring activities. Hill, 1979 (194 pp,; $8.95). Therefore when I opened a book which claims that it “confronts and Reviewed by David L. Weis, PhD, Home defuses social and emotional taboos” Economics Department, Douglass Col- about masturbation, I anticipated the lege, Rutgers University, New Bruns- comfort and pleasure of scholarly au- wick, N.]. “These are most sensitive materials, emphasizing the beauty of commit- thority to support what most sexol- Intimate Partners will probably please ment and caring within an intimate ogists now consider a natural activity. readers in the general public, and it relationship. I regret to say I was disappointed. may well help them understand the Robert W. Birch, Ph.D. What distracted me was the strong dynamics of loving relationships. How- Psychologist ambivalence of the authors, which was ever, the authors did not need a book AASECT Certified Sex Educator carried to such an extent that I won- of 200 pages to convey their message. &f Sex Therapist dered if they themselves have made As a result, the work is at times tedious. Columbus, Ohio peace with this form of sexual expres- The book is built around the concept Behavioral & Educational sion. Irving Sarnoff said that, except for of establishing mutually satisfying cov- one brief period on a wartime troop- enants which Sager and Hunt define as Consulting Corporation ship, he had intentionally and scrupu- the set of expectations that individuals P.O. Box 285 lously avoided masturbation until he bring to intimate relationships, the was 52; Suzanne Sarnoff, on the other sharing of which will help prevent fu- New Haven, CT 06502 hand, said that she began so young that

10 SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 she could not remember a time without all people masturbatethe other 2% mate outside the home may help bring it as a form of release. Somehow I felt are liars. new life and respect for the oppor- they used themselves as examples for I agree with the authors when they tunities and advantages of marriage. their theory that self-pleasuring is both point out that “nobody on earth-not Block emphasizes communication okand ng. even his [sic] parents-can possibly get skills as the key to improving the mari- The book’s many positive assertions inside a baby’s being to tell him when tal union, and to tackling the challenge about self-pleasuring are rapidly fol- he feels the desire to masturbate or of the complex feelings engendered in lowed by qualifiers, cautions and, in how he should enjoy doing it.” I feel both partners by the discovery of in- my view, nonsense theories of the compelled to add, however, that fidelity. Several sample interactions Freudian model for development. For neither should anyone guess about the showing how the same marital difficul- instance, while they say, “Through guilt or motivation of anyone else with ties can be handled constructively or their bodily self-explorations, children the desire for self-pleasuring. destructively are included in the text to start their sex education long before I wish I could say that this is a book illustrate this point. Nagging, mutual they can possibly ask questions about we sex educators can use. Too many blaming, and accusations preclude real sex,” the Sarnoffs tell parents that mas- ok’s are checkmated by too many ng’s. communication as does excessive de- turbation fantasies are connected to The know-nothings, the enemies of sex fensiveness or apathy on the part of the incestuous desires, and for good mea- knowledge, the pundits who declare errant mate. sure they throw in castration fears as that anything beyond reproduction is While working out their problems, well. In maintaining the Freudian pro- sin are never ambivalent. They are couples with children need to be alert natalist and homophobic view they say, clear. To deal with that kind of opposi- not to involve their offspring in marital “Masturbation is not a real relation- tion, data, messages, and positions are discord. Using the children to sabotage ship.” The implication here is that the required that are equally clear. This a mate’s confidence and trying to ap- only genuine article is one with a book does not fall into that category. peal to a spouse through the manipu- member of the other sex, and that it lative use of the children are tactics to must lead to procreation. A pro- be avoided. Block does a nice job of nouncement such as “Solitary mastur- The Other Man, The Other Woman. reviewing the basic psychological bation is always implicitly homosexual, Joel D. Block. New York: Grosset and games parents often act out with their no matter how heterosexual the fan- Dunlap, 1978 (196 pp.; $8.95). children. He also includes several stra- tasies are that accompany it,” is, in my tegies that children use to take advan- Reviewed by Laura /. Singer, EdD, view, about as productive as declaring tage of the division between the au- psychoanalyti‘c psychotherapist; presi- that self-pleasuring leads to blindness. dent, Save-A-Marriage, Inc. thorities in the household. I was particularly offended by the The author views the extramarital ignorance and bias shown in a state- People have extramarital affairs for affair as a possible stimulus for ment at the end of the book-soon many reasons. Revenge, avoidance of growth-a helpful and reassuring view- after the mention of Dr. Tissot, the real-life problems through escape into point for many readers. He tends to founder of the theory that masturba- a romantic liaison, and the need to underplay the concept that marriage is tion leads to insanity, and Anthony boost one’s ego with an attractive mate a bond that is based, even theoreti- Cornstock, the 19th Century Joe are some of the destructive motivations cally, on the understanding that both McCarthy of sex. Although both were behind extramarital behavior. How- individuals will be monogamous, with criticized for their harsh views on mas- ever, affairs may also come about be- extramarital affairs generally perceived turbation, the Sarnoffs yet felt it impor- cause the real sexual and emotional as a violation of that trust. In addition, a tant to add, “If writers on sexual libera- needs of the individual are not being mate’s reaction to the discovery of an tion keep on pushing masturbation as a met within the bounds of marriage. In extramarital affair may involve many pure delight, many people may begin The Other Man, The Other Woman, the serious and deeply rooted emotional to feel unliberated and deprived unless author points out that the desire to conflicts not readily resolvable within they are masturbating regularly and in- remain guiltless and avoid affairs in the rationalistic outlook proffered by tensively.” For me this bespeaks a cer- spite of inner drives may also be de- the author. tain type of chutzpah which sometimes structive, because a life motivated by A list of questions for the couple shows up in the professional commu- the desire to conform to a precon- trying to improve their relationship in- nity. No sex educator, counselor, or ceived idea of one’s being in the right, cludes, for example, “Is rejoining your therapist worthy of the title can pre- of being a”good child,” is an immature spouse at the close of the day a pleas- tend it is within his or her power to and unsatisfying one. ant event?” and “What positive factors define an activity for the person en- This does not mean that extramarital do you feel are missing from your mar- gaged in it. All we can do is learn what liaisons undertaken by an individual to riage?” For those who need profes- that activity means to that person and promote his/her emotional growth will sional help, the author provides some deal with it on the basis of exactly that necessarily be less of a threat to the reasonable counsel, such as “Do not and no more. No one can push mas- marital union. On the contrary, rela- judge therapists by the amount of turbation as “pure delight” any more tionships based on the inhibition of money they charge.” “Do not enter than he or she can say it is a “poor emotional and sexual needs may crack therapy unless you can afford it for substitute for a meaningful hetero- under the pressure of an extramarital some time.” A list of questions (taken sexual relationship.” The Sarnoffs alliance. For some marriages, however, from I Can If I Want To by Arnold would do well to consider what is the energy and understanding gar- Lazarus and Allen Fay, New York: Wil- probably a “founded” rumor: 98% of nered by the partner in contact with a Continued on page 16

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RESEARCH NOTES

This report was prepared by Stephen Sloan, PhD, Sex Education Specialist for Training, Education, and Consultation of the Venereal Disease Control Division of the Center for Disease Control, Department of Health and Human Resources, Atlanta, Georgia.

Three Current Studies

Perceived and Real Barriers ment of school sex education programs by placing more to Sex Education emphasis on women’s needs, assertiveness training, and communication problems with males, particularly about The first preliminary report for this federally-sponsored con- basic contraceptive information; (2) greater parent initiatives, tract was just completed by Peter Scales of MATHTECH, Inc. perhaps in discussing problems of teenage sexuality and pregnancy with teenagers other than their own children; and A comprehensive search of the literature and related discus- (3) improved development and marketing of an effective sions with experts yielded a list of approximately 140 barriers nonprescriptive contraceptive meeting teenagers’ needs. to sex education. The next stage of this studywill examine the The researchers provide a list of about 100 possible importance of these barriers which will be rated by individ- factors responsible for teenage pregnancy which they com- uals representing a variety of situations. Rated individuals piled from many sources. This could be a valuable resource included clergy, family planning educators, school teachers, for any organization beginning a peer program. The use of professional sex educators, youth workers, along with other peer counselors in family planning and sex education is fairly individuals in sex education. Data distinguishing real from new. This study provides both a review of past efforts and perceived barriers, as well as data on the perceived ease or suggestions for many strategies to use in attacking the teen difficulty of overcoming barriers, will be collected. The pregnancy problem. While the researchers point out the completion date for this study is late 1981. For further information, contact: Dr. Walter j. Gunn, Bureau of Health limitations to this study, I feel it has more generalizability than they wish to take credit for. For further information Education, Center for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA 30333. contact: Henry P. David or Raymond L. Johnson, Trans- national Family Research Institute, 8307 Whitman Drive, Bethesda, MD 20034. Peer Counselors as Sex Educators

Henry David and Raymond Johnson of the Transnational Touching and Childhood Family Research Institute, in association with Planned Sexual Development Parenthood/Metropolitan Washington (PP/MW), with sup- port of a federal contract, conducted a study entitled “Teen In a study that could have some important implications for Problem Pregnancies: Peer Counselors’ Perceptions about sex education and the role of parents, Dr. Nancy Blackman, Community Concerns and Solutions.” a professor at the University of Rhode Island, found that as Using a Delphi procedure, panels of nine or fewer peer early as age three children received negative messages counselors were queried about their observations regarding about their bodies. Children at this age seem to feel that the factors influencing sexual behavior, contraceptive usage, and genitals are already a taboo area. pregnancy resolution among sexually active, urban, inner city The study entitled “Touching and Pleasure: Their Signifi- adolescent men and women under age 18. Other topics cance in the Development of the Preschool Age Child” looks explored were sex education, parental influence and home at three very different groups of children: the Afro-American, environment, peer pressures, media influences, characteris- the Cape Verdean, and the Anglo-white. While most children tics of the couple relationship, academic achievement, career expressed a desire for more touching, the white children aspirations, and perceived job opportunities. There were two were touched the least, and the Afro-American the most. As main stages to the Delphi inquiry: (1) identification of what other studies have shown, girls were touched more often peer counselors considered major determinants of unwanted than boys; however, in the case of father-daughter inter- pregnancy, and (2) identification of countermeasures which action, reciprocation was not allowed. This study also found in the opinion of peer counselors might serve to reduce the that white fathers touched the least of all those studied. importance of these determinants. The repercussions of these findings on child sexual Based on these panels, plus follow-up discussions with development and body image really emphasize the need for peer counselors, the research team made three major rec- parent education. For further information, contact: Dr. ommendations which they presented to a PPIMW workshop Nancy Blackman, Department of Human Development, for community leaders on Community Solutions to Problem Counseling and Family Studies, University of Rhode Island, Pregnancies. These recommendations were: (I) improve- Kingston, RI 02881.

SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 15 Books, Continued from page 11 on the subject of transvestism, many really no way for her to grasp fully the pages are used to explain aspects of liam Morrow, 1975) seems to add value meaning of being a lesbian in a pa- homosexuality and transsexuality. as a guide to helping those who have triarchal culture. Granted, there may be some behavioral selected a therapist assess how they Perhaps because there was no way and psychosexual distinctions which feel about the help they are receiving. for Wolf to present herself as anything can be drawn between transvestism other than an The book is well written and compas- “outside expert,” her and homosexuality or transsexuality; a depiction of lesbian culture is flawed in sionate, and will help married couples book purported to be on transvestism, in their efforts to understand the com- various ways. She tells us, for example, however, should stick primarily to that plex emotions and concerns that lie that Heresies, which she correctly de- subject. scribes as “a New York-based feminist behind extramarital relationships. A In discussing transvestism in terms of publication,” is “building a Lesbian sexual behaviors, gender identities, Herstory Archives in New York City.” Transvestism: A Handbook with Case and gender roles, Brierley bases his In fact, there is no connection between Studies for Psychologists, Psychiatrists, arguments and theoretical rationaliza- Heresies, which is not lesbian iden- and Counsellors. Harry Brierley. tions on research which deals primarily tified, and the Lesbian Herstory Ar- Elmsford, N.Y.: Pergamon Press, Inc.‘, with homosexuals, transsexuals, and chives. (The Lesbian Herstory Archives 1979 (259 pp.; $13.00). hermaphrodites, thus giving little in- grew out of a C-R group that was part of sight to the reader about these con- the Women’s Caucus of the Gay Reviewed by Daniel C. Herzog, MS, cerns as they relate to male transves- Academic Union. Three New York ACS, Eastern Regional Chapter secre- tites. women take primary responsibility for tary and National Board member, Soci- Because of the general scarcity of maintaining the Archives, which is ety for the Scientific Study of Sex; professional readings on the subject of housed in one room of an apartment.) vice-president, American Foundation transvestism, it is regrettable that this Although she mentions some of the for Gender and Genital Medicine and uneven book, with its diffused focus, publications available to the national Science, inc. cannot be fully recommended. lesbian community, e.g., Lesbian Tide, While there are some positive aspects she includes magazines that are iden- to this book on transvestism, which is tified as feminist, not lesbian, such as aimed at aiding the helping profession- The lesbian Community. Deborah Quest (although there are lesbians on als to deal more effectively with male Coleman Wolf. Berkeley: University of their staffs), and ignores periodicals transvestites, the overall effect is one of California Press, 1979 (206 pp.; $12.95). such as Lesbian Connection (read by confusion. thousands of lesbians), Sinister Wis- Reviewed by Julia Penelope Stanley, Three of the chapters, which deal dom, and Conditions. (She also fails to PhD, Associate Professor of English, with definitions of transvestism, legal mention Chrysalis: A Magazine of University of Nebraska-Lincoln; aspects of transvestite behavior, and Women’s Culture, which is widely read Chairwoman, Linguistics Committee, literature by and about transvestites, are and contributed to by lesbian College of Arts and Sciences. extremely interesting and enlightening feminists.) but relatively short in comparison to I imagine that there still exist, some- What is more offensive to this reader most of the others. In the chapter con- where, people who believe that les- are some of her descriptions. In one cerning definitional aspects of trans- bians (and gays, for that matter) will not instance, her language is downright vestism, the author offers the reader only welcome a friendly book but will, patronizing: “a rather endearing trait is three interesting and important theories indeed, be grateful for its publication the use of inexpensive boy’s socks, about possible etiological aspects and by an established press. Perhaps those often mismatched.” We are also in- developmental sequences of transvest- lesbians do exist, but I am not among formed that lesbians spend “some lei- ism in males: (I) that transvetism them, nor am I blindly grateful for the sure time . . . with pets,” and Wolf might develop from fetishistic experi- publication of Wolf’s The Lesbian elaborates the stereotype by “explain- ences and might be a precursor to Community. The book is, to be sure, ing” that lesbians have “an unusually transsexuality; (2) that transvestism is a “friendly” in its own way, insofar as high number” of “soft creatures” be- level of adjustment in the developing Wolf tries to portray the women in- cause it gives us “something to cuddle transsexual personality; and (3) that volved in the San Francisco lesbian and talk to . . . when other people are transsexuality might be quite different community as human beings with an unavailable.” Aren’t pets tolerated from transvestism in etiological terms. integrity of their own. As in so many anymore within the confines of the The main problem with the book is books of its kind, however, there is no heterosexual nuclear family? (Lesbians that, on the whole, it tends to lack way of disguising the detached tone of have pets because we don’t have chil- clarity and focus, because Brierley fre- the “outside expert,” the lack of per- dren. It’s the old “frustrated maternal quently skips from concept to concept sonal involvement in the community instinct” come back to haunt us!) without drawing sufficient conclusions being described. Wolf tells us, in fact, More questionable is her reliance on or using literary bridges. At times, the early in her Introduction, that she is a the term “romantic” as an adjective author also randomly inserts theoreti- heterosexual researcher, and many of descriptive of lesbian relationships. cal ideas which do not really appear to the flaws in her understanding of les- She reports one lesbian as saying, fit into the general theme of certain bian lives and her presentation of vari- “Lesbians are the most romantic peo- passages. ous aspects of the lesbian network can ple on earth!” and quotes an anonym- Although Brierley has indicated via be traced to the fact that, with all the ous lesbian writing in Cosmopolitan (of the title that this book is intended to be goodwill she could muster, there is all places!) to support this characteriza-

16 SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 tion. Wolf says, for example, “The pair to be fair (and we still give credit for long it would continue to work for the relationship is the building block of the that), nor will it seriously threaten mas- ones who were interviewed. Further- community, the ideal to which com- culinist behavioral scientists, because more, there are no time-span indica- munity members aspire.” The “pair re- Wolf relied on popular anthropological tions. The relationships seem to have lationship” may still be the “building methods in conducting her research. lasted between a few months and block,” but among lesbian feminists at Its usefulness to lesbians may lie seven years. Twelve women in the IO- least, coupleism is also regarded as one primarily in its availability and the sin- to 14-year age differential, considered of the most destructive models copied cere attempt of the author to present by the writers as representing an in- from heterosexist society, and “roman- the lesbian community in a more favor- teresting and varied sampling, were in- ticism,” as a view of the process of able light than we are usually provided terviewed at length. Some were mar- loving, was one of the first patriarchal in the male media and in male ried, and one factor all had in com- definitions rejected by feminist analysts textbooks. What it may offer is some mon: mutually and highly enjoyable (Ti-Grace Atkinson, Adrienne Rich, and hope to those young women, sitting in sexual relationships with younger men. Mary Daly are only three out of many 1 university classes where it is required Regardless of statistics, the important could name). If Wolf felt comfortable in reading, who are painfully wrestling thing is that these relationships hap- using the term “romantic” to describe with their own lesbian identity and who pened. Therefore, in contrast to the lesbian relationships, she revealed only are secretly terrified at the idea of well-known older men/younger wom- her superficial understanding of the being social outcasts. The Lesbian en relationships that more or less have complexities of the new structures for Community will show them that they societal approval, these older women/ relationships that lesbians are explor- are not alone, that other women have younger men relationships can now at ing, although many are still trapped in struggled with their lesbian identities least be recognized as a part of the heterosexist assumptions about love, and are now building a lesbian com- human experience even though they relationships, and relating. munity to which all of us can contrib- are not usually accorded societal ap- More serious, however, is the way in ute. A proval, but indeed still generate scorn, which Wolf chose to dichotomize the mockery, or suspicion. San Francisco lesbian community. In an One such couple-she 45 and he effort to demonstrate “the range of Older Women/Younger Men. Jane 24-had been married for a year after possibilities inherent in [this] lesbian- Seskin and Bette Ziegler. Garden City, having dated for three years. She says, feminist community,” she chose to de- N.Y.: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1979 “When we’re walking down the street scribe a women’s coffeehouse (Deme- (143 pp.; $7.95). or eating in a restaurant or making ter’s Daughters) and the Women’s love, we don’t talk about age, we talk Reviewed by Mary S. Calderone, MD, Training Center. These two community about life.” In another case it is he (37 president, S/ECUS. projects reflect, she tells us, “deep to her 46) who says, “The last three differences in outlook between their Every once in a while a book comes years have been the happiest ones of two founding collectives.” What are along that offers information rather my life. You’ve got to tell people in these “deep differences”? Some of us, than data, insights rather than conclu- your book that it’s not age that matters, I suspect, will be shocked: “Demeter’s sions, and yet opens doors and win- but who, what and where the people Daughters is an environment for dows so that we breathe and say, “Ah are in their own stages of development feminists in which all of its activities so!” This is such a one, and it especially that counts. When you find the person and furnishings reflect and reinforce merits respect because the authors are who is right for you, you can’t afford to cultural feminism. By contrast, the not professionals in any field relating to let some dumb number stand in your Women’s Training Center addresses it- human sexuality, but are popular writ- way.” self to more political, class-oriented ers. This book is good reading for young needs” (my italics). I lack the space The book is not so much a study or a and old, professional and non- here to provide an adequate analysis of survey as an exploration-of the states professional. In the end, flexibility and the masculinist frame of mind that of mind and relationships of a number adaptability in loving and caring can be manages to perceive socialist feminism of couples with age disparities of 5 to 29 open sesames to unexpected happiness. as somehow “more political” than so- years between the older women and As one woman remarked, “Sixty is called cultural feminism, thereby deny- the younger men involved. The largest young. It’s all in how you see it.” A, PR ing that women’s art and the develop- number lie within the 5- to 20-year age ment of a women-identified culture is, difference, peaking at IO to 14 years. in and of itself, a political activity in a The actual number of couples involved The Transsexual Empire. Janice G. patriarchal society. I draw attention to is not ascertainable, for no statistics or Raymond. Boston: Beacon Press, 1979 her putative division of the lesbian tables are included. The responses (220 pp.; $12.95). community only as one illustration of were elicited by an advertisement in Reviewed by Leah C. Schaefer, EdD, the distorted analysis promoted by papers and magazines, and on bulletin “outside experts,” however well inten- boards in universities and adult educa- psychotherapist, New York City; au- thor, Women and Sex (Pantheon); sex tioned they may be. tion centers. So no conclusions can be researcher; national president, Society The Lesbian Community, with its drawn, not even that December for the Scientific Study of Sex. misinformation, omissions, and misin- (she)-May (he) relationships work, terpretations, is a “nice” little book because no one can tell how many of This work was originally done as a doc- that will not offend a majority of les- those for whom it didn’t work failed to toral dissertation and now, as a padded bians, if only because the author did try respond-nor, for that matter, how and overly complicated book, it has

SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 17 unfortunately received a lot of public- people in this area themselves come to ahead into their world with their un- ity. So here we are, reviewing it when the practitioner self-diagnosed. (Our adorned “differentness.” The world the decent thing to do would be to task, if anything is to weed out the must change, says Raymond. It must forget it and put it away in embarrassed nongenuine transsexuals so that the learn to accept the “otherness” of such silence. inappropriate people do not go into people, people unchanged by artificial It is quite startling and unsettling for the program .) means. Transsexuals must be courage- one of Raymond’s academic ac- Raymond does make some interest- ous, Raymond goes on (and on and complishment to exhibit such a lack of ing points, having to do with an- on!), taking themselves as they are and sympathy, such a lack of scientific im- drogny, for instance, and lesbianism- seeing to it that society accepts them, partiality, as well as a lack of ability to feminism, and male doctors with without intervention from the medical accept the facts-facts of the continued sexist attitudes. But it all really has world. existence of these unhappy people little to do with transsexualism; it Well, this is indeed a “brave new (these “troublesome transsexuals” who has little to do with the powerful feel- world” that she is painting, but since it just won’t go away!). Her anger and ings, yearnings, dreams, and pains that does not yet exist her recomm.endation contempt make me sad, as does her torture the hearts and minds of most denies life, happiness, and some mea- discussion of “cures.” No competent transsexuals from as far back as they sure of acceptance and success to a worker in the field of transsexualism can remember; it has little to do with worthy group of people who cannot has ever claimed to “cure” the how they spend most of their lives wait for the arrival of this shining patientsdnly to attempt to make their either wondering how they can help Utopia where all of us will be loved “as lives more bearable and thus possibly themselves to adjust to the world or we are” and not as society would have more productive. From my own clinical learning to feel consonant with them- us be. experience, I know only too well that selves; and little to do with how trans- This is a sad, angry, and unscientific transsexual people certainly do not sexuals try to suppress these feelings in book. It should be put quietly away on need another intellectual tract to con- hopes that if they do enough male (or the shelf, filed among “Curiosities and fuse the issue even further. female) things, this torturous conflict Extravagances .” Raymond, in questioning the motives will submerge itself once and for all- of the medical-psychiatric “empire” which it usually does not. that has been built around the contro- Wardell Pomeroy writes in “The Teenage Sexuality: A Survey of Teen- versial gender operation, feels that the Diagnosis and Treatment of Transves- age Sexual Behavior. Aaron Hass. New medical-psychiatric complex is attempt- tites and Transexuals” (reprinted in York: Macmillan, Inc., 1979 (203 pp.; ing to deal with an “agonizing moral Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, $10.95). and political issue” through the use of Spring 1975), “Those therapists/ Reviewed by lane M. Quinn, ACSW, surgery, hormone treatments, and practitioners who believe that some- Project Director, Program to Expand gender-identity programming. “These how TVism [transvestism] and TSism Sexuality Education in Cooperation methods,” contends the author, “rein- [transsexualism] be classified as an ill- with Young-Serving Agencies, The force the prejudice of a sexist society ness or neurosis, or at least a weak- Population Institute, Washington, D.C. and compel the transsexual to ex- ness, or who think there is something change one stereotyped role for the ‘bad’ about it, even though they do not It is with considerable ambivalence that I other.” always express such feelings openly, I write this review. It is my belief that Both Raymond and her New York would do better to leave diagnosis and continued debate and discussion on Times reviewer, the eminent Thomas treatment to colleagues who do not the subject of teenage sexuality will Szasz, take the point of view that trans- have these feelings.” I think the same serve to enhance our acceptance and sexualism is a disease (so designated, should prevail for sex researchers. If we understanding of the subject, and I had they say, by the medical and psychiatric are to help transsexuals, we should do hoped that Dr. Hass’s new book would empire), and that this empire (com- more research on what causes their make a contribution to this effort. posed of urologists, gynecologists, en- uncomfortable and troublesome However, I find myself disappointed on docrinologists, plastic surgeons, etc.) phenomenon. several fronts. The book is so poorly “combine to create [my italics] trans- Raymond quotes a Casablanca sur- written and its research so in- sexuals.” geon, who has operated on more than adequately designed that the reader is Drs. Raymond and Szasz both speak 700 American males and who charac- left to wonder what portion of its con- of “cures” of the transsexual by the terizes the transsexual transformation tent can be trusted. so-called transsexual empire. The fact as follows : “I don’t change men into Dr. Hass is on the clinical faculty of is that transsexualism is not a disease women. I transform male genitals into the Department of Psychiatry, UCLA and it cannot be “cured.” It is a genitals that have a female aspect. All School of Medicine, where he teaches phenomenon which occurs/happens to the rest is in the patient’s mind.” I feel and supervises at the Human Sexuality some individuals for reasons not totally that no one knows this better than the Clinic. In Teenage Sexuality he pre- understood, although the better think- transsexual. sents the results of a survey of 625 ado- ers in the field (Benjamin, Green, Raymond believes that sex-role lescents (ages 15-18) in which separate Money, etc.) tend to hold to theories stereotyping should cease (don’t we but similar questionnaires were ad- suggesting some phenomenal prenatal all!) and that transsexuals should not ministered to 307 boys and 318 girls, imprinting. More important, the medi- be comforted with surgery but instead followed by interviews with 10% of the cal profession, in most cases, does not helped by their doctors to accept respondents. The results are categor- make the original diagnosis. Rather the themselves as they are and plunge ized according to specific behaviors

18 SIECUS Report, May-July i980 (dating, petting, oral sex, sexual inter- excused for wondering how widely contraceptive use would not be a sub- course, masturbation, orgasm, fantasies, applicable his findings are, given such ject of inquiry in this particular study. homosexuality) and according to a accounts as the following about how a Hass’s rationale for this omission is range of attitudinal issues (sexual moti- 15-year-old boy discovered masturba- unconvincing: “I am aware of several vation, double standard, performance tion: “I was in a Jacuzzi sitting right recent studies as well as those ongoing anxiety, responses to pornography). next to a water jet , . .“ In addition, at the present time which will be ad- Each chapter contains some statistical Hass’s statistics on some issues, includ- dressing these issues.” In my estima- information and analysis but focuses ing masturbation, differ so radically tion, any purported survey of adoles- mainly on narrative accounts-that is, from Sorenson’s as to appear question- cent sexual behavior should include actual responses of teenagers to specific able. the important subject of contraceptive questions about sexual behavior and Even more disappointing, however, use or nonuse by adolescents. attitudes. Despite my serious misgiv- is the total absence of any inquiry into There are several references in the ings about the research and analysis in contraceptive use. Anticipating profes- book to the current state of sex educa- Teenage Sexuality, I believe there is sional concern, the author states: tion for adolescents. The author’s basic potential value in these accounts. The “There were many topics related to understanding of existing sex educa- descriptions by young people of their sexuality that were omitted from the tion curricula in schools is that they are sexual feelings and experiences are questionnaire. The most obvious con- too biological in orientation and gener- both compelling and instructive, and cerns-pregnancy, contraception, and ally inadequate. “For most schools, it may serve to raise the consciousness of venereal disease-were not omitted consists of a dry lecture or film about the many adults who deny the exis- because they were felt to be unimpor- sperms and eggs in a health class. tence of genuine sexual feelings among tant to this study. On the contrary, with Some of the more recent progressive the young and unmarried. the number of teenage pregnancies sex-education curricula have attempted The publisher’s widely advertised reaching epidemic proportions and the to impart knowledge of contraception claim that the study is “the first solid lack of accurate knowledge on the part and venereal disease. However, what is point of reference available today” on of adolescents regarding contraception still lacking in any shape or form in the topic of teenage sexuality is, of and venereal disease appalling, there is schools that I have come into contact course, untrue, given the serious and a great need for information of this with is an open discussion about sexual thoughtful body of work published by kind to be publicized and made avail- anxieties, sexual expectations, differ- Robert Sorenson, Melvin Zelnik and able.” After several readings of this ent sexual activities, and feelings about John Kantner, Susan Ross and the paragraph, I was able to determine that sex.” Like many statements in Teenage Youth Values Project, Sol Gordon, Sexuality, this description of the au- Peter Scales, E. James Lieberman, thor’s experience (which is repeated Herschel Thornburg, and many other later in the book as fact) presents an researchers and sex educators. (The inaccurate picture of the current state author himself seems equally unfamil- Love and of the field. Studies recently completed iar with most of these earlier works; he for the Family Impact Seminar of relies heavily on Sorenson’s findings Love Sickness George Washington University and for and nowhere even mentions the other the U.S. Center for Disease Control by writers.) The advertising directed at The Science of Sex, Gender MATHTECH, Inc., definitely establish professionals promises a scientific Difference, and Pair-bonding the existence of a number of compre- milestone, comparing the book to the hensive school-based courses. Thus, Kinsey and Hite Reports. Parents are JOHN MONEY when the author fails to document offered both startling explicitness and other statements later in the text (such profound reassurance-though they Love and Low Sickness provides a as, “past surveys have indicated that will no doubt find more of the former panoramic view of the entire spec- the proportion of the adult population than the latter. Young people are prom- trum of human sexual behavior- accepting recreational sex has steadily ised a unique type of sex education “from making a baby to learning risen over the last four decades”), the through the opportunity to read what mathematics.” Drawing upon a reader naturally questions the basis for their peers say about sexuality. wide range of subject matter, Money such generalizations. covers such topics as sex roles It is my guess that professionals will For professionals who are familiar in historical perspective; sexual be the group most let down by these taboos; the principles of erotic with earlier work on adolescent sexual- claims. Unlike The Hite Report, which sexuality; the pathology of love; ity, this book stands little chance of was greeted in this publication and and pornography. It’s the most increasing their understanding of the elsewhere as a source of new insights ambitious, most provocative work subject; for parents, it may offer help about female sexual response, Teenage yet from the distinguished Johns toward accepting the reality of adoles- Sexuality contains little information Hopkins medical psychologist and cent sexual behavior and feelings; and that has not already been described sexologist. 116.95 for teenagers, it may provide more un- elsewhere. And if some professionals derstanding of their own sexuality objected to Shere Hite’s methodology, The Johns Hopkins through learning about the experi- more are sure to find flaws in Hass’s ences of their peers. Even here, certain techniques. For example, approxi- University Press caveats apply. The overemphasis in mately 90% of his sample is drawn from Baltimore, Maryland 21218 Teenage Sexuality on explicit descrip- southern California. Readers may be Continued on page 21

SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 19 j AUDIO-VISUAL REVIEWS

The following films were reviewed by a Caesarean birth because of a breech provides much solid information, this Deryck Calderwood, PhD; Director, presentation. The fourth woman, who is a welcome addition to the growing Human Sexuality Program, New York is single, also has a breech delivery number of new audio-visual resources University; member, SIECUS Board of which she decides to have in a spon- concerning birth. Directors. taneous, unmedicated vaginal birth. The fifth woman delivers at home after Common Female Dysfunctions. 16mm, a long, anxious labor, supported by her color, 20 min., or video cassette. Pur- The Story of Menstruation. Color film- husband and the doctor. The Leboyer chase only, $250. Milner-Fenwich, Inc., strip, audio cassette, 12 min. Purchase approach is used with dim light and only, $6.95. Kimberly-Clark Corpora- 2125 Greenspring Drive, Timonium, warm bath for the baby afterward. Ad- MD 21093. tion, The Life Cycle Center, 2001 ditional information from the hand- Marathon Avenue, Neenah, WI 54956. book allows for further teaching oppor- Within the framework of a couple’s This classic filmstrip has been revised tunities. The handbook also includes visit to a doctor, this film in simple, and given new visuals. While one of its instructions for organizing an educa- straightforward, illustrated-lecture aims is to promote sanitary protection tion “childbirth event” for the commu- format defines primary and secondary products, it also effectively encourages nity, questions for discussion, a com- anorgasmia, vaginismus, and dys- the development of a healthy, confi- plete checklist to enable couples to pareunia. (Male sexual dysfunctions- dent attitude not only toward menstru- design their own birth experience, and impotence and premature ejacula- ation but toward the body itself, and a complete transcript of all the narra- tion-are to be covered in a companion related health habits. It is a good basic tion. A film that captures the feelings film.) The doctor also outlines the basic resource with a contemporary look. and emotions that accompany birth topic areas that would be explored if and which, through the handbook, the couple should seek therapy, i.e., early sex education, the beginning of Five Women, Five Births. 16 mm, B/W, the couple relationship, and an over- 29 min. Price, $475; rental, $50. Bench- view of the nonsexual aspects of mar- mark Films, 145 Scarborough Road, ried life. The most significant contribu- Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. tion of the film lies in a sequence in which eight women from late teens to This film, along with a comprehen- early 70s describe, in their own words, sive handbook, is a very effective teach- the sensation of orgasm. The film ing resource about birth. The film con- would be a helpful discussion starter sists of a series of black-and-white still for college classes or for agency per- photographs, with narration by five sonnel who have no background in women in their own words describing sexuality. what the birth experience meant to each of them. This format has several Into Womanhood. Into Manhood. advantages: the still images allow one Filmstrip or slides, 30 min. Purchase to concentrate more completely on only, $80. The Stanfield House, 12381 what each woman has to say, the birth Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 203, Los scenes are not as confrontational to Angeles, CA 90025. watch as color motion pictures (al- though they are depicted openly), and These two filmstrips, based on the they set a personal tone that is espe- actual questions of students, help pre- cially appropriate to the event they cel- adolescents and teenagers deal with ebrate. The first woman compares the their physical and emotional develop- cold, clinical experience of the birth of ment. Into Womanhood explains her first child with the warm, personal menstruation and helps prepare girls experience of the second birth in the for their first menstrual period. into same hospital two years later when she Manhood, in a frank presentation, herself was permitted to determine helps boys understand ejaculation and how she wanted it handled. The sec- the various situations in which it may ond woman, having her first child, de- take place. Both use live models as well cides on delivery at home with the help as drawings and convey a positive view of midwives and the support of her of body functions as natural and as husband, mother, sister, and close legitimate topics for discussion. There friends. The third sequence deals with is no prepared audio cassette; rather,

20 SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 along with a helpful teacher’s guide, of Clinical Training, Marriage Council of the point of screaming and throwing there is a written script which is to be Philadelphia, University of Pennsylva- things, and there is no resolution to it. adapted for each specific classroom nia. Dr. Summers’s examination of the ar- group. This provides an opportunity to gument is in terms of communication tailor each presentation appropriately This film was developed to teach defects, the underlying power struggle, for age, ethnic backgrounds, or special awareness of dysfunctional communi- and TA gamesmanship. Although this concerns. A captioned filmstrip can be cation patterns. It portrays a couple, on reviewer does not generally disagree ordered for students with hearing diffi- the verge of divorce, in the midst of a with his analysis, there are a number of culties. Both films can-and should- fierce fight, ostensibly over the wife’s alternative explanations for the under- be shown to both sexes. sister but actually over all of the cou- lying power struggle, and these are not ple’s grievances. The relationship is brought out. then discussed by Dr. Summers who The format of the film, with brief comments on and interprets the in- sections of the argument alternating The Failing Marriage. 16 mm, vid- teraction pattern from a transactional with narrative replay, is helpful for the eotape; color, 20 min. Transactional analysis and systems viewpoint. student, but perhaps less helpful for a Dynamics Institute, P.O. Box 414, The fight is done brilliantly. A teacher who would like the student to Glenside, PA 19038. Purchase, $275; middle-class and presumably “civ- first study the fight in toto. However, rental, $30. ilized” couple argues at home the film is worth serious consideration Reviewed by Ellen Berman, MD, As- about whether the wife’s sister can stay for a class in communications theory or sociate Professor of Psychiatry, Director with them. The argument escalates to marital dynamics.

Books, Continued from page 19 youngsters. The format of the book, alent and often judgmental statements tions of sexual behavior and the under- however, is set up in a conversational about several topics, notably oral and emphasis on sexual abstinence as a tone between the authors and “you” anal sex, fantasy, masturbation, and healthy and legitimate option may mis- -the young person with a disability. homosexuality. There is also a juxtapo- lead parents and adolescents alike. Nor In an effort to cover the broad range sition of topics which causes confusion would this book meet the needs of of disabilities, the authors make some and could cause harm. For example, parents who are seeking ways to help broad assumptions about these (e.g., the chapter on homosexuality includes a their teenage sons and daughters with “Even though you are still under care section on sexual perverts and the im- sexual issues, or of adolescents seeking and treatment”) and about feelings proper advances they can make under fundamental sexual information. Both (e.g., “By the time you’re old enough the guise of well-meaning assistance. groups would be-far better advised to to read this book you very likely realize But the sentence “Usually homo- consult the useful materials already you are pretty much stuck with your sexuals are not a threat to other peo- available on these subjects, such as the body the way it is”). The chapter on ple” that concludes this section is newly revised The Sexual Adolescent self-concept does have a positive at- clearly pejorative in light of the para- (Gordon, Scales, Everly), Sex and the titude and shows concern for the feel- graphs preceding it. Similarly, an impli- American Teenager (Kappelman), or ings of disabled adolescents. It addres- cation occurs in the chapter on fantasy Your Child and Sex (Pomeroy) for par- ses health, grooming, and nutritional where there is a discussion of mental ents; and Facts about Sex (Gordon), issues as well as development of com- illness, specifically paranoid delusions: Learning about Sex (Kelly), Sex and pensatory skills and interests to in- “There are thousands of people con- Birth Control (Lieberman and Peck), or crease self-awareness and enhance the fined to mental hospitals today who The Facts of Love (Comfort and Com- self-image. Similarly, the chapter on actually are living their daydreams.” fort) for teenagers. LT, P dating is basic and reassuring, even Other chapters in the book focus on providing some exercises for develop- venereal disease, birth control, inter- ing conversational skills. course, and lifestyles. Because the ap- The arrangement of chapters in this proach is so broad, specific disabilities, book is difficult to understand. Much with the limitations causing special Sex Education for Physically Handi- of the basic anatomical and physiologi- needs, are rarely mentioned. If I were capped Youth. C. Edmund Hopper and cal information and illustration is in the counseling a young teenager in this William A. Allen. Springfield, Ill.: second half of the book in the chapter area, I would use some of the good Charles C Thomas, 1980 (130 pp.; on childbirth, after the chapters on books currently available on teenage $8.75). masturbation and intercourse. sexuality and supplement them with Homosexuality seems to be considered information relevant to the person’s Reviewed by Nancy L. Esibill, PhD, As- as an afterthought and is sandwiched particular disability. sistant Professor, Department of Re- between a chapter on genetics and one The authors are quite right that the habilitation Counseling, New York on community resources at the end of mainstreaming of disabled youth will University, New York, N. Y, the book. increase the need to provide accurate This small, well-meaning book appears One is not sure whether the authors’ information regarding their sexuality. to have a confusing intent. Written at occasional but obvious discomfort is This book, however, has a number of the request of disabled young people, with some of the subject matter or with shortcomings that cause it to fall so far it is also meant, according to the au- the parents and teachers they have in- short of that goal that it is difficult to thors, for parents and teachers of those structed to read along. There are ambiv- recommend it.

SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 21 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS ON SEXUALITY AND SEX EDUCATION

The following is a current listing of materials published by American religious groups. SIECUS does not sell any of these publi&ons. If your local bookstore cannot get them for you, write directly to the publishers whose addresses are given at the end of this list. Most of the items are available for use at the SIECUS Resource Center and Library at New York University [Sl West 4th Street, 5th Floor, (212) 673-38501, Leigh Hallingby, MSW, MS, librarian. Single copies of this bibliography are available from SIECUS on receipt of 25# and a stamped, self-addressed, legal-size envelope for each list required. In bulk they are: 151# each for 2-49 copies; lO$ each for 50 copies or more. This bibliography was compiled from responses to questionnaires sent to the headquarters offices of the various groups; the materials are listed without- evaluation.

I. Curriculum Materials texts: Made to Grow (ages 6-8), $4.50; The Changing Me (ages g-II), $4.50; Crowing Up with Sex (ages 12-14), $3.50; Sex Is More Than a Word (ages 15-17), $3.50; Made for Each Other (young American Lutheran Church adults), $6.50; Teaching Your Children about Sex (adults), $2.95. l Created Ma/e and Female. Augsburg Publishing House, 1969. Student pack, $2.10; class resource kit (includes teacher’s guide, charts, posters, records, pamphlets), $15.00. Unitarian-Universalist Association l About Your Sexuality. Deryck Calderwood. Unitarian-Universalist Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Association, rev. ed., 1978. A complete multimedia program for junior high levels and up; $135.00. l Growing Up to Love-Meaning of Sexuality. Laraine Wright O’Mal- l The Haunting House. Barbara Hollerorth. UUA, 1974. A complete ley. Christian Board of Publication, 1978. For grades 7-9; part of multimedia program for K-2, including a unit on sexuality entitled Christian fducation: Shared Approaches, a curriculum for 12 Prot- “Our First Home”; $99.00. estant denominations; $1.75. l The Invisible Minority; The Homosexuals in Our Society. Deryck Calderwood and Wasily Szkodzinsky. UUA, 1972. A three-part Jewish sound filmstrip in color for adolescents and adults; $18.00. l Course on Human Sexuality for Adolescents in Religious Schools, Youth Groups, and Camps. Annette Daum and Barbara Strongin. United Methodist Church New York Federation of Reform Synagogues, 1979; $2.00. l The Bible and the Body. Barbara Morgan and Steven Clapp. l Love, Sex, and Marriage, A Jewish View. Roland B. Cittelsohn. Graded Press, 1979. For senior high youth. Leader’s guide, $1.50; Union of American Hebrew Congregations, rev. ed., 1980. For student’s book, $1.20. grade 11 and up. $7.95. l family Ministry. Leon Smith. Discipleship Resources, 1975. In- cludes a chapter on “Education in Human Sexuality,” with re- Lutheran Church in America sources and programs across the life span; $2.50. l Understanding Your Sexual Se/f. Lutheran Church Press (order l Godand Human Sexuality. John P. Gilbert, ed. Graded Press, 1971. from Fortress), 1979. For grades 8-9; $2.50. Unit No. 8 of the adult curriculum series, Christian Faith in Life. l Update on Love, Sex, and Life. Lutheran Church Press (order from Study book, $1.50; supplement, $1 .OO. Fortress), 1974. For senior high level. Pupil’s book, $1.50; teacher’s l Cod Made Us: About Sex and Growing Up. Graded Press, 1980. For guide, $2.50. grades 5-6. Leader’s guide by Dorliss Glass and Marilyn Car- penter, $4.95; student’s resource by Eleanor Bartlett, Dorothy Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod Gins, and Charles Herndon, 85$. l The Concordia Sex fducation Series. Concordia, 1967. Six texts: I l lourneys: A Christian Approach to Sexuality. Robert Conn. Graded Wonder, I Wonder (ages S-8), $3.80; Wonderfully Made (ages Press, 1979. For late teens. Leader’s book, $1.15; student book, g-11), $3.80; Take the High Road (ages 12-14), $4.10; Life Can Be $1.25. Sexual (ages 15 and up), $4.10; Parents’ Guide to Christian Conver- l Sexually Speaking-Who Am I? Graded Press, 1973. For junior sation about Sex, $4.10; Christian View of Sex Education, $4.10; 4 high. Course design guide by William G. Patterson, $2.45; student filmstrips, $6.50 each; 4 records, $3.50 each. book by Anne C. Blanchard, $1.45. l Youth Views Sexuality. Graded Press, 1971. For senior high age Mennonite Church level. Course design guide by Anne C. Blanchard, $2.45; student book by Ellis B. Johnson, $1.45. l Love and Sex Are Not Enough. Charles P. DeSanto. Herald Press, 1977. Written to help young people think seriously about dating, courtship, and marriage. Book, $3.95; activity guide, $1.25. II. Religion and Sexuality Roman Catholic Church l Education in Love Series. Committee on Sex Education, Diocese of American Baptist Churches in the U.S.A. Rochester, N.Y. Paulist Press, 1971. Handbook for parents, 75$; l Expecting. Elizabeth Hambrick-Stowe. Judson Press, 1978. A Chris- two teacher’s guides: for grades 1-8, $3.25, and 9-12, $2.50. tian exploration of pregnancy and childbirth; $3.95. l The Gift of New Life. Benziger, 1978. Fifth-grade level of the l Homosexuality and the Christian Faith: A Symposium. Harold Benziger Family Life Program; $3.00; teacher’s manual, $3.20; Twiss, ed. Judson Press, 1978; $3.95. family handbook, $1.62. American Lutheran Church Southern Baptist Convention l Abortion in Christian Perspective. American Lutheran Church, l Sexuality in Christian Living Series. Broadman Press, 1972-73. Six 1980; no charge for single copies,

22 SIECUS Report, May-July 1980 l Embodiment: An Approach to Sexuality and Christian Theology. Seventh-Day Adventist Church James B. Nelson. Augsburg, 1978; $8.95 (cloth); $5.95 (paper). l Six flvers: The Dating Machine, 1970; Don’t Let It Bun You: VD, l Human Sexuality and Sexual Behavior. American Lutheran Church, 1971;‘ls Love All We heed: Situation Ethics, 1972; Sex& Solitaire, 1979; no charge for single copies. 1971; Two of a Kind: Homosexuality, 1972; When Two Become l Human Sexuality: The Findings of the Action Research Project in One: Marriage, 1970. Wayout; no charge. Human Sexuality. American Lutheran Church, 1977; no charge for single copies. Unitarian-Universalist Association l Sex, Love, or Infatuation: How Can I Really Know? Ray E. Short. l Gay Concerns Packet. Unitarian-Universalist Association, 1979. An Augsburg, 1978; $1.95; usage guide, lo@. informational packet of articles, pamphlets, and general commen- l The Stork Is Dead. Charlie W. Shedd. Augsburg, 1968. A factual tary. “Planning Guide for Same Sex Ceremonies” included if re- book on sex for teenagers; $1.50. quested; no charge. l Statements by the Unitarian -Universalist Association of Churches Jewish and Fellowships Regarding Homosexuals, Bisexuals, Office of Gay Concerns, and Gay Human Rights. UUA, 1977; no charge. l Choosing a Sex Ethic: A lewish Inquiry. Eugene B. Borowitz. Schocken, 1969; $3.45. l A Jewish View of Love and Marriage. Stanley Rabinowitz. B’nai United Church of Christ B’rith Youth Organization, 1972; 752. Happily Ever After? Youth Magazine, July-August 1979. United l Marital Relations, Birth Control, and Abortion in lewish Law. David Church Press; $1 .OO. M. Feldman. Schocken, 1974; $5.95. Homosexualitv and Ethics. Edward Batchelor, ed. Pilgrim Press, 1980; $10.95. ' Human Sexualitv: A Preliminarv StudvlThe United Church of Mennonite Church Christ. Pilgrim Press, 1977; $5.95: study’guide, $1.75. l A Christian Approach to Sexuality. John W. Miller. Herald Press, Love and Control in Sexuality. Norman Pittenger. Pilgrim Press, 1973. Includes study suggestions for each chapter and a sexual 1974; $4.25. attitudes inventory; $2.25. Making Sexuality Human. Norman Pittenger. Pilgrim Press, 1979; l Consultations on Human Sexuality. Mennonite Medical Associa- $4.95. tion, 1978-79. A compilation of research papers; $12.00. My Son Eric. Mary V. Borhec. Pilgrim Press, 1979. A mother describes her personal growth in accepting her gay son; $8.95. National Council of Churches The Same Sex: An Appraisal of Homosexua/ity. Ralph W. Weltge, ed. Pilgrim Press, 1969. An anthology of articles by experts from a l Abortion: A Paper for Study. National Council of Churches, 1973; variety of disciplines; $3.95. 25$. Sex Is Aweful. Journal of Current Social Issues, Spring 1978; United l Family Ministries and Human Sexuality Newsletter. NCC; one-year subscription, $3.00. Church Press; $3.75. l Family Planning: Emerging Issues and Christian Perspectives. Muriel Webb, camp. NCC, 1972; SO@. United Methodist Church l A Synoptic of Recent Denominational Statements on Sexuality. l A Christian Perspective on a Variety of Life Sty/es. Nellie Moser, ed. William H. Genne, camp. NCC, 1976; $1.50. Graded Press, 1976. Recommended for young adults; $1.40. l Two Churches Face issues of Human Sexuality. G. William Sheek, NCC, 1978; $1 .OO. United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. l Problem Pregnancies: Toward a Responsible Decision. United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbyterian Church, 1978; $1 .OO. l Sexuality and the Human Community. United Presbyterian l Abortion: Documents for Church Study. Presbyterian Church, Church, 1970; $1.50. 1974; SO@. l The Church and Homosexuality: A Preliminary Study. Presbyterian Church, 1978; 75$. Alternative Publications l Etiological and Treatment Literature on Homosexuality. Ralph l Homosexuality and the Church: A Position Paper. Adopted by the 119th General Assembly. Presbyterian Church, 1979; SO@. Blair. Homosexual Community Counseling Center, 1972; $2.00. l An Evangelical Look at Homosexuality. Ralph Blair. HCCC, 1972; $1.50. Reformed Church in America l Holier-than--Thou Hocus-Pocus and Homosexuality. Ralph Blair. l Homosexual People and the Christian Church. RCAgenda, HCCC, 1977; $2.00. November-December, 1979; $3.50 (photocopy). l Homophobia in the Churches. Ralph Blair. HCCC, 1979; $2.00. l Homosexual Christians. HCCC, 1977. A discussion among five Religious Society of Friends men; on cassette; $3.00. l Homosexua/ity from the Inside. David Blamires. Friends Home l Insight: A Quarter/y of Lesbian/Gay Christian Opinion. P.O. Box Service Committee (order from Friends Book Store), 1973; $1.25. 5110, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10017; $8.00 per year. l Human Sexuality and the Quaker Conscience. Mary S. Calderone. l integrity Forum: For Gay Episcopalians and Their Friends. P.O. Box Friends General Conference (order from Friends Book Store), 891, Oak Park, IL 60303; bimonthly $17.00 per year; $12.00 with 1973; $1 .oo. membership. l Towards a Quaker View of Sex. Friends Home Service Committee l Record: Newsletter of Evangelicals Concerned. 30 East 60th Street, (order from Friends Book Store), 1964; $1.50. Room 803, New York, NY 10022; no charge. l Review: A Quarter/y of Evangelicals Concerned. 30 East 60th Street, Roman Catholic Church Room 803, New York, NY 10022; no charge. Achieving Sexual Maturity. Ronald Sarno. Paulist Press, 1969. A guide to Christian morality for young people; $2.95. The Mystery of Sexuality. Rosemary Haughton. Paulist Press, 1972; III. Religion and Sex Education $2.45. Sexual Morality: A Catholic Perspective. Philip S. Keane. Paulist Growing up to Love: A Guide to Sex Education. H. Clair Amstautz. Press, 1977; $6.95. Herald Press, 1968; 95@. interfaith Statement on Sex Education. NCC, Synagogue Council Salvation Army of America, and U.S. Catholic Conference. NCC, 1968; IO@ each or l The Salvation Army’s Position on Abortion. The Salvation Army, $7.00 for 100. 1972; no charge. Resource Guide on Christian Education in Sexuality. NCC, 1975; l The Salvation Army on Sexual Permissiveness. The Salvation Army, single copies, $1.00; IO-50 copies. 75$ each; more than 50, SO@ 1971; no charge. each.

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