The 60's were my late elementary, middle, and high school years, and my early college years, living in St. Louis MO, Sacramento CA, Japan (Misawa, Honshu), Mascoutah IL, and back to Sacramento. I didn't encounter any of this kind of material (not at all to say that it didn't exist). The closest I came was as a junior in high school, 16, …
The 60's were my late elementary, middle, and high school years, and my early college years, living in St. Louis MO, Sacramento CA, Japan (Misawa, Honshu), Mascoutah IL, and back to Sacramento. I didn't encounter any of this kind of material (not at all to say that it didn't exist). The closest I came was as a junior in high school, 16, taking American Literature. I was one to read a lot, and the teacher recommended to me personally a few books, some of which were not available in the school library but that I could check out from the base library (Air Force Brat).
I don't remember all the titles now from going on 50 years ago, but they likely included _The Octopus_ by Frank Norris and _The Grapes of Wrath_ by Steinbeck, among others. They certainly offered a better perspective on American literature than those in the curriculum. But the ones not in the school library also offered "sex scenes", illicit though not twisted. I had been kept totally in the dark up until then, and this was actually 'enlightening'.
I use the word 'enlightening' because I am intrinsically asexual, having no desire to have sex with anything, and reading this kind of literature for the first time didn't have the effect that might be expected, but I did learn from it. This was not just a simple peculiarity on my part -- my puberty failed partially, likely due to earlier pharmaceutical poisoning (an endocrine disruptor), and I never developed whatever it is that people develop that makes them desire this kind of activity.
So there actually was some benefit that came from those reading recommendations. They were not part of the class, I was old enough to deal with it, and there was no in-class discussion. I look back on it positively, although I wonder now what effect it would have had if I had not been asexual. But in that case it most likely would not have been new to me.
I never encountered as a child the kinds of things you are reporting, even in four years in the 60s of California schools prior to college. I did take a 1-semester sex-ed elective in college -- it was basic, and at that point I had nothing to go on from my parents. I have learned about some of these goings-on more recently, happening in the California public schools and elsewhere, but still it is a surprise.
Not that anything happening today can surprise me a whole lot.
Yes, many were. It was covered up, and involved more than one drug as far as I know. Many likely didn't/don't know what happened to them, if like me they had only the effects to go on. And of course the effects could vary widely.
Trying out reproductive system-wrecking endocrine disruptors on pregnant women to see what effects they might have does sound a shade Faucian, doesn't it? But it certainly predates him.
The 60's were my late elementary, middle, and high school years, and my early college years, living in St. Louis MO, Sacramento CA, Japan (Misawa, Honshu), Mascoutah IL, and back to Sacramento. I didn't encounter any of this kind of material (not at all to say that it didn't exist). The closest I came was as a junior in high school, 16, taking American Literature. I was one to read a lot, and the teacher recommended to me personally a few books, some of which were not available in the school library but that I could check out from the base library (Air Force Brat).
I don't remember all the titles now from going on 50 years ago, but they likely included _The Octopus_ by Frank Norris and _The Grapes of Wrath_ by Steinbeck, among others. They certainly offered a better perspective on American literature than those in the curriculum. But the ones not in the school library also offered "sex scenes", illicit though not twisted. I had been kept totally in the dark up until then, and this was actually 'enlightening'.
I use the word 'enlightening' because I am intrinsically asexual, having no desire to have sex with anything, and reading this kind of literature for the first time didn't have the effect that might be expected, but I did learn from it. This was not just a simple peculiarity on my part -- my puberty failed partially, likely due to earlier pharmaceutical poisoning (an endocrine disruptor), and I never developed whatever it is that people develop that makes them desire this kind of activity.
So there actually was some benefit that came from those reading recommendations. They were not part of the class, I was old enough to deal with it, and there was no in-class discussion. I look back on it positively, although I wonder now what effect it would have had if I had not been asexual. But in that case it most likely would not have been new to me.
I never encountered as a child the kinds of things you are reporting, even in four years in the 60s of California schools prior to college. I did take a 1-semester sex-ed elective in college -- it was basic, and at that point I had nothing to go on from my parents. I have learned about some of these goings-on more recently, happening in the California public schools and elsewhere, but still it is a surprise.
Not that anything happening today can surprise me a whole lot.
Sadly, it sounds like you were damaged by one of Fauci's predecessors.
Yes, many were. It was covered up, and involved more than one drug as far as I know. Many likely didn't/don't know what happened to them, if like me they had only the effects to go on. And of course the effects could vary widely.
Trying out reproductive system-wrecking endocrine disruptors on pregnant women to see what effects they might have does sound a shade Faucian, doesn't it? But it certainly predates him.