Strange Loves
A Study in Sexual Abnormalities
La Forest Potter
In 1933, advertisements for a book by Dr. La Forest Potter called Strange Loves: A Study in Sexual Abnormalities luridly warned: “Do you know what really goes on among the men and women of the Shadow World? Do you know that their number is constantly increasing? The strange power they wield over normal people is almost unbelievable.” Dr. Potter looked back nostalgically on the impeccable sexual climate of prewar America: “Before the war we used to consider homosexuality as a more or less foreign importation. We regarded ourselves as the true exponents of the sane and uncompromising traditions of our pioneer ancestors.’ Potter went on to say that “all those foreigners who were fortunate to have been permitted entrance to our shores, so we thought, were leavened by our practical matter-of-factness. The dross of abnormal desire–assuming that they may have been thus infested when they landed in this country–was burned away in the melting pot of our staunch masculine or commendably feminine characteristics.
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Details
| Genre | Pulp |
| Copyright Date | 1933 |
| Publication Date | 1952 |
| Publisher | Padell Book Company |
| Format | Hardcover |
| No. of Pages | 227 |
| Language | English |
| Rating | NotRated |
| Subject | Homosexuality; Incest; Lesbianism; Lust; Paraphilias; Sex (Psychology) |
| BookID | 12527 |
