‘At a second-hand book sale I came across an absolute gem called Everything a Teenage Girl Should Know by Dr John F. Knight. It was published in Australia in 1972 – not that long ago in the scheme of things, but it reveals an enormous change in attitudes. The book addresses all manner of questions and issues to do with sex, marriage, menstruation, contraception and even homosexuality.

In this book, marriage is the final destination for young girls, but on the way they must remain absolutely chaste and fight off all those naughty boys who just want to get into their pants. Heavy petting, for example, “is the most dangerous form of petting around.” As opposed to the safe kind one gets at the petting zoo.’

Karen takes a toungue in cheek look through a 70′s sex manual at For The Girls ezine for women