Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Communist Sex
"That is, the evolution of the GDR's more tolerant policies regarding (heterosexual) premarital sex (albeit within the preferred confines of a monogamous relationship) not only allowed for East Germans to feel more comfortable with their bodies and sex, but also permitted the GDR regime to differentiate itself from the Federal Republic by adding an official political dimension to women's independence, including in the bedroom."