Letters: Apr. 30, 1984

Sex '80s-Style

To the Editors:

As a cautious middle-aged man, I have been patiently biding my time until the sexual revolution became so prevalent that I could join without embarrassment to myself or my family [SEXES, April 9]. Shucks, now it is over. My predicament illustrates how "he who hesitates is lost."

Felix A. Gaudin

New Orleans

Freud warned that sexual reforms like those we have witnessed might make matters worse. In 1912 he foretold: "In times in which there were no difficulties standing in the way of sexual satisfaction, such as perhaps during the...

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