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A Boy Today…A Man Tomorrow

Here at WU Central, we're all about providing useful knowledge to our eager readers, serving as a resource to help them with their perplexities.

For instance, I cannot count how many times readers have written in with this question:

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Well, now you need no longer live in darkness and confusion, as we present the scanned pages of a 1972 youth sex-education manual: A Boy Today...A Man Tomorrow. The cover is reproduced below, and the rest of the content after the jump.

On a semi-serious note: we've all seen sex-education materials from earlier decades that are full of prejudices and misinformation. While I have not yet read every word of the current sample, I found what I did read to be highly broadminded and useful and in line with current teachings. Note that the version here is a 1972 revision of a 1961 revision of a 1959 original. I'd love to have the earlier versions, to see the differences.

It's easy to make fun of the Sixties, but their legacy in such matters as this is truly exemplary.

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Posted By: Paul | Date: Tue Aug 12, 2008 | Number of Comments: 10
Category: Babies, Customs, Education, Family, History, Science, Psychology, Sexuality, 1970's, 1960's, 1950's, Men
Comments
Listed in chronological order. Newest comments at the end.
Pablo--we are happy to be of service!
Posted by Paul on 08/12 at 08:15 AM
MotorX--someone at BOING BOING mentioned receiving this manual in the 80s.
Posted by Paul on 08/12 at 12:10 PM
What the-?! I was taught that people were physically incapable of having sex before marriage! That's why I got married at 14! Damn it-- played like a sucker again.
Posted by kingmonkey in Athens, Ontario on 08/12 at 01:43 PM
Kingmonkey--biology has changed since you were a youth.
Posted by Paul on 08/12 at 04:51 PM
Paul Thomas--I'd pay to be a fly on the wall at those meetings.
Posted by Paul on 08/12 at 04:52 PM
Sara--enlightenment is a shifting and relative state. Can't say perfection is ever reached.
Posted by Paul on 08/12 at 04:52 PM
Fred--a not untruthful answer!
Posted by Paul on 08/13 at 02:22 PM
Chris--glad you have your hands on that enlightening document!
Posted by Paul on 09/14 at 06:58 AM
Chris--I had wondered about the differences between various editions of that booklet. Thanks for the info!

Regarding cultural changes: remember when "yoghurt" was something only beatniks ate?
Posted by Paul on 09/14 at 08:12 AM
Rodger--I would've loved to be a fly on the wall during that conversation!
Posted by Paul on 09/14 at 11:01 AM
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