From infancy the message
From infancy the message about our genitals is that they are private, dirty and smelly. They need to be kept clean constantly. As we get older so the pressure grows on us having genitals that don smell of our natural bodies but instead carry the scent of soap, shower gel, deodorant or body sprays.. Well, you probably saw that coming. A good case to be made for 1939's Superman1, which was the first comic book entirely devoted to a single character, but Action Comics 1 was where that character debuted, alongside several other stories starring heroes who've been lost to history. (If Superman hadn't been a hit, would one of those other heroes have become a marketing phenomenon on his scale? Is there an alternate universe in which I'm typing these words in a Sticky Mitts Stimson t shirt?) Superman's runaway success inspired hordes of imitators in boldly colored longjohns. Frequent sightings of her from around the globe make us wonder if she ever sleeps or if she clon...