What Before the Internet?

ha ha ha … too hot? Goodness, it is so tame and poetically sedate that secondhand bookstores couldn't even give copies away. Back in the 1990s they were everywhere and for give-away prices.

Yes quite, a line drawing book that implicitly seemed to represent sex in the context of love. But still it was hard to obtain. Don't forget that just 12 years earlier, Penguin books was prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act for printing D. H. Lawrence's 1928 novel 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'. And that was just words! Penguin won fortunately. Only as late as 1967 did the the law change and the UK stop imprisoning homosexual men.

Thought provoking - I mentioned in a previous post my liking of Evergreen and Grove Press for their erotica publications ('60's - ‘70’s). That got me thinking and, on a lark, I did a search on “Victorian erotica” …WHAT A BONANZA!!! Try it; I think you'll be amazed at the treasure trove that pops up!! Enjoy…now, go hang a bag!

I remember looking for information on enemas anyplace I could. Any books on anything medical and I would look for any mention of enemas. I never remembered caring if it made me weird or anything. It felt good and thats what mattered.

Of coarse I did try and leave equipment where I found it to avoid any embarrassing situations as I would hide a porno or anything else. Nowadays it sort of seems exciting to be exposed and everyone knowing.

The first time I ever noticed there was actual enema porn on video and in magazines I was probably 15 or 16 and I was in a shady porno store in a very unsavory neighborhood where no one ever seemed to notice or care that I was not old enough to be in there and ask for an ID or tell me to leave.

There was no internet for all my early life. Just chatting to other people, whose information could be good or bad. Playing and experimenting with others. Medicals were more common in my early years, so I had some practical rather then theoretical experience.

The only thing my siblings and I had was each other. We started explored each other at an early age and continued as we got older, exploring the changes that were taking place. After we were taught personal hygiene as preteens and enemas were our responsibility, exploring went into overdrive.

How did I get my (erotic) information? From my older brother “out behind the barn”. Seriously, we grew up on a small farm 😮. No touchy-feely stuff, just two bros talking.

Then came Playboys my brother obtained. No idea where/how he got 'em, but WOWZERS! 😵‍💫

Then, after leaving home, in magazines/trashy books from adult book stores.\

Pretty humdrum stuff.