Talk:The Joy of Sex

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The first two paragraphs of this article contradict each other. Either Alex Comfort is a pseudonym (a stipulation apparently contradicted by the link), in which case the second paragraph is relevant (whether accurate or not), or it isn't, in which case the second paragraph makes no sense. Or perhaps there is something even less obvious going on, but it's not clear from the article. Can someone with definitive information correct this? -- Jeff Q 09:40, 28 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I believe the original edition indicated that it was "edited by Alex Comfort" without being quite so blunt as to identify him as the actual author. This subsequently changed to drop the "edited by" façade. --carlb 02:08, 25 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] first sex manual...

I'm not sure whether you could describe it as the "first serious, explicit book about sex to gain a wide distribution". What about the Kama Sutra? --Robert Merkel 06:04, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] POV

I removed the following POV text from the part about new material being added to the book: "The added text does not blend well with the original material, leading readers to wonder whether it was added solely out of liability concerns." Anyone want to re-edit and make NPOV? Toscaesque 19:24, 13 June 2006 (UTC)