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Three cases of the illicit thrill A historical piece from Janus 20 by Richard Manton. Read these two confessions from blushing brides and one from a young married couple. Then decide if the statements are: (a) Fantasies of deluded readers (b) Stories made up in the  Janus  office (c) Cases cited by a medical authority ‘I found I could bear any number of strokes with the cane on my buttocks. Although my heart beats with fear whenever I have to strip and lie over the table, it has also made my married life complete and happy.’ ‘ I’ve been aware of this streak in me ever since school, where I actually began to enjoy my punishments. My husband would be terribly shocked if he knew about this.’ ‘ We keep a thin cane in the wardrobe and she bends over the chair… It leaves us eager to get to bed.’ If you opted for (a) or (b), go at once to the bottom of the class. The cases are quoted verbatim in  Sexual Stimulation in Marriage  (1971) by S. J. Tuffill, Fello...

By Richard Manton from Janus 64 No one doubts that character can be told by face and expression. A good many people believe personality can be deduced by close examination of the palm. A girl’s figure may not tell you all about her mind and morals but the way she moves her body seems to reveal something of them. In the most general way, perhaps there are also distinctive types of female legs, hips and bottoms, which correspond to particular types of girl. The idea has limits. A palmist might prefer girls bending with knickers round their knees to have their ‘fortunes’ told. But the palmist is unlikely to be that lucky. The rest of us can dream of female types, many of them popular in erotic fiction, with characteristic shapes and manners. What is the erotic significance of a young woman’s bottom? Is it just an alluring and seductive cheek-swell, inviting a caress or a tickle, a pat or a kiss? Is it something more? Does its gen...