the birds and the bees...

[parallelgirl]

Frankly terrifying 1930s public information film 'The Mystery of Marriage'. Interesting to see how sexual mores have changed over time- the bloke looks like such a predator to modern eyes, no? And as for 'feminine perversity'.....

ETA: head too full of cold to think of witty things to say about this, but I knew you lot would rise to the occasion in

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[khalinche]

Oh MAN, that is a combination of hilarious and totally fucking creepy. First thoughts:

I am not a stickleback! Or a peahen.

As soon as I saw the striped blazer on that man, I thought, that's the sartorial choice of a cad and a bounder!

And, lo, I was proved right, as sex education seems to consist of romanticised sexual assault.

Yikes.

[nostoi]

That guy waiting at the gate to the field was a nasty piece of work indeed! Perhaps that's what the makers of the film thought a woman wanted.

[prolificdiarist]

You're awesome! :)

Kx

[poeticalpanther]

LOL! You're adorable, and very witty. :)

Funny enough, I was thinking of a similar thing in reading James Herriot's oeuvre the last couple of weeks. It's interesting to see that he was clearly a liberal for his time, but is at the same time completely terrifyingly willing to drive hideously drunk, and there are some very funny things in his descriptions of women whose character we are not to like. I've been thinking of a post on it, I think you've inspired me to do some digging. :D