Funny enough that’s essentially the argument that persuaded the US supreme court to lift the obscenity ban on Ulysses. They figured that anyone reading the book would have to think hard enough to get at the actual sexual content that there’d be no way they could be getting their rocks off at the same time.
As an aside, it’s bewildering and absurd that Ulysses is being banned in school libraries in the US due to sexual content.
If some kid is reading and understanding James Joyce, just give them a pizza party and a full scholarship.
Funny enough that’s essentially the argument that persuaded the US supreme court to lift the obscenity ban on Ulysses. They figured that anyone reading the book would have to think hard enough to get at the actual sexual content that there’d be no way they could be getting their rocks off at the same time.
Must be why Gravity’s Rainbow never came up either. Anyone interested in banning books probably didn’t make it through the first page lol.
I thought it was that the content was taboo, but not meant to titillate, and thus not obscene.