2/26/2024 0 Comments Naughty bits and piecesBecause in every Animal that walks upright, the Deficiency of the fluids that fill the Muscles appears first in the highest Part. And with regard to theirs, if the Affair should happen to be known, considerate People might be rather inclined to excuse an old Woman, who would kindly take care of a young man, for his Manners by her good counsels, & prevent ruining his Health and Fortune among mercenary Prostitutes.ĥ. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your Reputation. Because through more Experience they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. Because there is no Hazard of Children, which irregularly produced may be attended with much Inconvenience.Ĥ. And hence there is hardly such a thing to be found as an old Woman who is not a good Woman.ģ. They learn to do a thousand Services small & great, & are the most tender and useful of Friends when you are sick. To maintain their Influence over men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility. Because when Women cease to be handsome they study to be good. Because they have more Knowledge of the World, & their Minds are better stor’d with Observations, their Conversation is more improving, & more lastingly agreeable.Ģ. Is that a warning or an enticement? Tut, tut.Īnyway, in the first piece written in 1745, Franklin, who it turns out, was both a bit of a raver and a humourist writes “ Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress.” Franklin argues that “ marriage is the proper remedy,” for “ violent natural inclinations,” but failing that, he advises the young man to get himself an old mistress rather than a young one, and these are his reasons:ġ. Years ago I came across a peculiar little pamphlet “ privately printed” for the Frankliniana Society in 1929 and “ strictly limited to 500 copies.” Written by Benjamin Franklin (whose mug appears on the front of the $100 bill), it’s titled Franklin on Marriage, and someone, rather rudely, stamped “ ON SEX” across the front cover.
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