Sex is dead because sex was specialist. Any anthropologist will … — “The Hardware-Software Mergers: How Successful Have They Been?” Speech within a Panel (date andfull context unclear); published in the Proceedings of the Conference at the Center for Continuing Education, University of Chicago (1969). Transcript, p 5

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Sex is dead because sex was specialist. Any anthropologist will tell you that sex is not a special subject. It cannot be separated from total complex of society. Any society that pretends it can separate sex from other things is in trouble. The mini skirt is there to indicate that the end is in sight.

“The Hardware-Software Mergers: How Successful Have They Been?” Speech within a Panel (date andfull context unclear); published in the Proceedings of the Conference at the Center for Continuing Education, University of Chicago (1969). Transcript, p 5

Quote #6488

Year: 1969

Chapters: Goodbye Linearity | Specialism

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