Many things have happened since the publication in Mexico of Answers to Live an Intelligent and Safe sexuality, whose second installment you now have in your hands. At that time the bibliographical panorama in this respect was much more arid; Attempts had been made, some more or less good and others quite bad, ranging from morbid vulgarity to academic clutter. Misunderstood morality plays tricks if the purpose of any attempt to popularize is not clear. It was not about taking advantage of the conjuncture - the interest in ...
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Many things have happened since the publication in Mexico of Answers to Live an Intelligent and Safe sexuality, whose second installment you now have in your hands. At that time the bibliographical panorama in this respect was much more arid; Attempts had been made, some more or less good and others quite bad, ranging from morbid vulgarity to academic clutter. Misunderstood morality plays tricks if the purpose of any attempt to popularize is not clear. It was not about taking advantage of the conjuncture - the interest in sexual and reproductive issues - to sell anything that had the word sex somewhere. The issue could not easily be aired with masterly exhibitions far from the comprehension of the general public (although speaking of the general public referring to books is at least presumptuous). Something more had to be contributed, a plus that included both the entertainment and the veracity of the training, something that was due.
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