LIBERATING MASTURBATION: A MEDITATION ON SELF LOVE, by Betty Dodson

Bodysex Designs, 1978, Sixth printing, 60 pp., 5 1/4" X 8 1/4", Stapled wraps

Very good

In 1974 Betty Dodson, considered by many to be the Grandmother of Masturbation, published Liberating Masturbation: A Meditation on Self Love. This book, which was later expanded and released as Sex for One was possibly the first, and certainly the clearest call to action for women to masturbate. Dodson considered masturbation, giving yourself pleasure entirely on your own terms, a radical act for women, but also an act of deep love, that could transform women’s lives.