Sexx Laws; WAS: Patrick twisted my arm so now I'm reading Pynchon's latest

[Mark Kohut]

And sometimes, as one tender-hearted p-lister argued persuasively, the sex is tender and loving.
 
Lots of the sex in lots of pynchon is warped...cause 'we' are--and have been, of course.
 
Can't help quickly with current sex book reference. Psychopathia Sexualis by Krafft-Ebbing is infamously one of the first such
compendia, still alluded to when I was coming of age (poem about Edward Albee is how I learned of it)...........first pubbed
in 1886 or so....so maybe OBA used it for AtD? 




----- Original Message ----
From: Daniel Julius <daniel.julius at gmail.com>
To: Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com>
Cc: Pynchon-l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 9:48:45 AM
Subject: Sexx Laws; WAS: Patrick twisted my arm so now I'm reading Pynchon's latest


On Nov 25, 2007 7:43 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:


Patrick twisted my arm, so now I'm reading Pynchon's latest 1085pp opus!
http://groups.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupProfile&groupid=104370525
 
This is part of what that guy Patrick had to say about AtD: 
"Frankly, something should be said about the sex in this book. Not that I'm a prude, but Pynchon goes a long way towards ruining this book with the frequent bedroom [...] shenanigans. And it's not that graphic or unusual sexual action ruins a book, but too often the sex seemed gratuitous & juvenile." 
 
 
WHICH REMINDS ME, does anyone have a recommendation for a good primer on sexual deviation?  (I know, whatever that means).  I'd like sort of a glossary of paraphilias, and ideally something drawing connections between the sexual acts discussed and insights into the other non-sexual parts of the lives of the fetishists, real or hypothetical.  For example, what non-sexual experiences tend to lead someone to be attracted to domination? 
 
Does this make any sense?  I have a scholarly deficiency in all realms of psychology, so any help will be very much appreciated, really.
 
Thanks you guys,
Dan


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