Some Special Activity

I was organizing my bookshelves today (because the house won’t truly be ready for a new baby until all my books are in alphabetical order) and came across a book called Our Sex Life from 1946 that I’d forgotten about. I opened it randomly and came across this gem on “The Unsatisfied Woman”: “Because they remain unsatisfied at home and at night, these women very often seek a substitute for the unenjoyed pleasures during the day and attract public attention by some special activity. The catastrophe of their sex life stands at the beginning of the artistic, social, or professional careers of many women.”

God help me.