ABSTRACT

There isn’t one, of course. Because erotic, gay, and sexologie materials—“dirty,” “deviant” books and magazines—have traditionally embarrassed librarians. Even scared them. But the sixties and the sexual revolution have undermined much of that Victorian tradition, producing a real impetus to now actively collect and access that vast, long-neglected, and ever-growing literature of sensuality. So if H. W. Wilson, SIECUS, or Haworth Press did produce a Sex index—to belatedly complement the Art index, Business index, Education index, etc.—it should look something like this: