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what NOVELS gave you the most sex education as a teenager?

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Dineysor · 20/07/2009 10:57

me cain and abel ( ooh lalal) and also some crime writer,, not len deighton but someone similar

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thedolly · 20/07/2009 11:39

Not a novel but a poem by Seamus Heaney -'Undine'

He slashed at the briars, shovelled up grey silt
To give me right of way in my own drains
And I ran quick for him, cleaned out my rust.

He halted, saw me finally disrobed,
Running clear, with apparent unconcern.
Then he walked by me. I rippled and I churned.

Where ditches intersected near the river
Until he dug a spade deep in my flank
And took me to him. I swallowed his trench

Gratefully, dispersing myself for love
Down in his roots, climbing his brassy grain--
But once he knew my welcome, I alone

Could give him subtle increase and reflection.
He explored me so completely, each limb
Lost its cold freedom. Human, warmed to him.

-Seamus Heaney

champagnesupernova · 20/07/2009 11:37

yes kane and abel here too lol
Judy blume forever. ralph wtf!

And a crime writer too = I always remember one line 'sexual frenzy was wiping out her thoughts' lololo

Lilymaid · 20/07/2009 11:28

"The Group" by Mary McCarthy - all set pre-pill so there was much talk about dutch caps and the like.

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LouLovesAeroplaneJelly · 20/07/2009 11:16

llaregrubb- ooh yes I have forgotten about that one. Our school librarian actually removed them from the shelves.

southeastastra · 20/07/2009 11:03

endless love lol

llareggub · 20/07/2009 11:02

Clan of the Cave Bear

brimfull · 20/07/2009 11:02

about periods etc
'are you there god it's me margaret'

about sex -sex tips for girls ,very saucy

MaybeAfterBreakfast · 20/07/2009 11:01

Judy Blume
Virginia Andrews (Flowers in the Attic et al)

EccentricaGallumbits · 20/07/2009 11:01

Jackie Collins.

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Dineysor · 20/07/2009 11:01

oh sorry!

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OhBling · 20/07/2009 11:00

I've had this conversation on MN before. Lace, definitely. As I think I mentioned previously, I've always been slightly disappointed that no man has ever managed anything even vaguelly similar to the goldfish trick....

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Dineysor · 20/07/2009 11:00

Ah by JB was for kids wasnt she? I am tlaking adult ones Jackie colline setc

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LouLovesAeroplaneJelly · 20/07/2009 10:59

Forever - Judy Blume
And then once when I was really really bored on holidays I read a mills and boon belonging to my mum. WELL that was an eye opener for sure. I remember reading the raunchy ones with friends and giggling over the sex scenes.

dalek · 20/07/2009 10:59

Lace, scruples and Wideacre