The bourgeois experience cover

The bourgeois experience

by Peter Gay

In this first volume, the author "re-examines the sexual behavior and attitudes of this era and its much-maligned middle classes, [including] such areas as contraceptives and abortion, pornography, the nude in works of art, fears about pregnancy and infant mortality, marriage-night anxiety, masturbation, attitudes toward women, and the ideal of privacy."--Jacket.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?