- Dr. George C. Chapman: And I know that if years ago, my wife, would have come to me and told me she was attending a lecture of of this kind, why, I'd have hit the ceiling. I probably would have told her to stick to her washing and ironing.
- [laughter among the Briarwood Women's Club]
- Dr. George C. Chapman: While your presence here indicates that your husbands are not as prudish, the fact remains that prudery, in general, is far from dead. In many sections of this country, sex is a secret and shameful function. An unhealthy attitude persists. Too many women suffer from too little knowledge about a subject that occupies a major and crucial part of their lives. Why, as many as four or five out of every ten women, in this room, probably suffer from this lack of knowledge. As a result, their happiness is seriously impaired. The subject of sex remains under the table, the backroom, the back street, suppressed, unknown, and always indecent. My associates and I believe that through our findings these women will come to understand that sex is decent, clean, and dignified.
- Kathleen Barclay: I don't wanna be half a woman. I don't feel cold. Boy, I want you, I need you! Oh, it's, just, there's something, that moment - when you touch me.
- Boy Barclay: That's what's known as being frigid. You, Kath, were born a frigid woman. There's nothing you can do about it.
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- Dr. George C. Chapman: Section four, Column one, Question.
- Paul Radford: Ten per cent of the married women were strongly aroused, twenty-seven per cent, somewhat; and Sixty-three per cent, not at all.
- Female Reporter: Is the average American male more obsessed with sex?
- Dr. George C. Chapman: You see, that's another loaded question. Until we complete our survey and compile the results, any answer to that question would be misleading.
- Reporter: Do you feel that a report on the subject of sex belongs on the best seller list?
- Dr. George C. Chapman: I feel that my job is to gather facts and not to tell people what to think.
- Dr. George C. Chapman: We are fact-finders, no more, no less. We are not in the business of appraising, correcting, or commenting. To many of you, the idea of discussing intimate sexual details with a stranger, even though he is hidden from you by a screen, an embarrassing idea. If I could you use one word to describe our approach, that word would be: detachment. In the final analysis, each of you will have been absorbed by the whole.
- Kathleen Barclay: No, Boy, don't do this to me. I love you! Boy, I want you. Please be patient and - gentle.
- Boy Barclay: My lovely, tall, blonde, I've been patient - two years patient. Two long cold years!
- Kathleen Barclay: Oh, look, I've tried! Boy, you know how hard I've tried.
- Paul Radford: During your teens, did you go out with boys a great deal?
- Kathleen Barclay: I think so, yes.
- Paul Radford: In your relationship with them, were you at anytime, physically intimate?
- Kathleen Barclay: Never. We were friends; except, when they wanted to be more than friends.
- Paul Radford: Did you engage in heavy petting?
- Kathleen Barclay: No.
- Paul Radford: Casual petting?
- Kathleen Barclay: No.
- Paul Radford: Kissing?
- Kathleen Barclay: Occasionally.
- Paul Radford: Did you engage in preliminary love play?
- Kathleen Barclay: We - yes, of course.
- Paul Radford: How much time was devoted to this - generally?
- Kathleen Barclay: A long time.
- Paul Radford: Can you be more specific?
- Sarah Garnell: Frank, excuse me, I'm jittery. I'm taking those diet pills. I want to lose four pounds.
- Frank Garnell: What are you trying to be, Miss America? To me, you're exactly right. Isn't that enough?
- Kathleen Barclay: Do you realize the kind of hell you've put me through? Do you? Don't look at me like that! I'm not one of your pathological cases!
- Interviewer: What about the frequency?
- Sarah Garnell: Once a week.
- Interviewer: Exactly?
- Sarah Garnell: Saturday comes once a week, exactly.
- Kathleen Barclay: You mean to tell me you don't enjoy all that talk with a sordid women?
- Paul Radford: It's meaningless after awhile. There's an inevitable sadness about everyone.
- Kathleen Barclay: Does that include me?
- Paul Radford: And me.
- Teresa Harnish: What a magnificent animal - All the time, because - Oh, magnificent! Well, look at him showing off his muscles! - All the time, because the dance was long - Look at those long legs! I wonder what sort of girl goes out with him? - I have been faithful to thee - I suspect one of those common girls you see riding on the surf boards. - In my fashion, I have been faithful to thee - You know, he could be quite attractive. He's the kind of man, who needs, who needs a woman to help him. A woman whose better than he is. A woman with taste. A woman whose aware of the beauty. Not me, but, somebody, like me.
- Teresa Harnish: Darling, have you ever thought of, of joining one of those health clubs? You know, build up the body.
- Geoffrey Harnish: Build up the body?
- Teresa Harnish: Geoffrey, our lives should be richer. We should enjoy our gifts, fully. After all, these are the best years of our lives.
- Alan Roby: I'm going to shower. Will I see you at the club later?
- Kathleen Barclay: Not today. Paul is giving me a lesson in bowling.
- Paul Radford: What about your early teens?
- Naomi Shields: Teens? I engaged in lovemaking during my early teens.
- Paul Radford: And from then until you were married?
- Naomi Shields: Many.
- Naomi Shields: With your experience in this kind of work, can you tell by just looking at me, can you tell what a woman's like by just looking at her?
- Paul Radford: I don't think so.
- Naomi Shields: I mean about, what you call, I suppose, her appetites?
- Paul Radford: No.
- Naomi Shields: Look at me! It must show! A man, a musician, came to the door the other day. He looked. He knew.
- Paul Radford: During your marital years...
- Naomi Shields: Often.
- Paul Radford: Often, what?
- Naomi Shields: Often. I cheated on my husband. I know I shouldn't have done. But, I did. He was kind. He was honest. He was loving. And I really wanted him; but, I wanted everyone else, too.
- Naomi Shields: Don't go giving me any cheap advice about seeing a psychiatrist. I've had that bit. The only thing I learned was that analysis is no substitute for guts.
- Naomi Shields: You're not a woman. You don't know what it's like to need love and not to have it. At least, not to have what you need.
- Naomi Shields: I was discreet. I'd go downtown and I'd pick up someone in a bar or in a movie. At first it was only once or twice a month. I didn't even know their names. I couldn't risk getting involved. Then, it started to get worse. Pretty soon I had nothing else on my mind. I thought I'd go insane.
- Naomi Shields: I was determined I was going to kill myself. It took a couple of days of drinking to work up the nerve. I drove at top speed through busy intersections and red lights and all I got was a ticket.
- Ed Kraski: Do you like a hard bed?
- Teresa Harnish: That's what finished the Romans, you know.
- Ed Kraski: Hard bed?
- Teresa Harnish: Soft beds and hot baths.
- Ed Kraski: Yeah, well, I take cold showers.
- Teresa Harnish: Ever since the first day I saw you at the beach, in your natural element, I observed the grace of your body and the freedom of your limbs, I've wanted to sketch you as a Greek Olympic hero. Have you ever seen that classical statue of the discus thrower?
- Ed Kraski: No.
- Teresa Harnish: Well, inspired by your body, I feel that I can surpass Myron the Greek. Assume the position.
- Teresa Harnish: You know, the discus throwers were in the nude, like all the Greek Olympians. And that is how I'd like you to pose.
- Ed Kraski: With nuthin' on?
- Teresa Harnish: In the classical tradition. Now, if you'll get disrobed, I'll be getting ready.
- Ed Kraski: Now, listen lady, you don't expect me to be getting rid of all of my clothes in front of a woman?
- Teresa Harnish: Why, you don't settle for false modesty; after all, this is for art!
- Teresa Harnish: In your profession, I suppose you must take care of your body.
- Ed Kraski: Like a baby. But, a man has to have one vice.
- [holds up a beer can]
- Teresa Harnish: Is that your only vice?
- Ed Kraski: Aw, it depends on what you call a vice.
- Teresa Harnish: Oh, female companionship?
- Ed Kraski: Aw, no! Not while I'm in training.
- Teresa Harnish: You think that I'm too much of a lady to be one of your - well, I am a lady; but, I'm also a woman.
- Teresa Harnish: I want - You to know, the first time I saw you, I fought the feeling inside of me. I knew that I was enamored of you. Foolishly, so. But, women in love are foolish. And now, I just want your love. Do you want to kiss me, Ed? Kiss me, Eddie! You might enjoy it!
- Ed Kraski: Well, beat my teeth! Jackie said!
- Teresa Harnish: He said what, Ed?
- Ed Kraski: Why, he had a hunch!
- Teresa Harnish: Yes?
- Ed Kraski: He said, "Boy, there's a lot of pepper in that Tomata!"
- Teresa Harnish: And do you like pepper, Ed?
- Ed Kraski: I do. Are you ready?
- Teresa Harnish: Oh, so ready!
- Teresa Harnish: Things like this should be done - things like this should take time! You can't just toss me about like a football! I - I admire your strength and recklessness and - Ed, ouch! - Really, you must listen to reason. Things like this could be beaut - beautiful! No, Ed. Stop it! Well, for heaven's sake.
- Teresa Harnish: Oh, darling!
- Geoffrey Harnish: Yes
- Teresa Harnish: You're wonderful. We haven't missed a thing!
- Geoffrey Harnish: No, I don't think so. We have the ham. We have the flowers.
- Paul Radford: You think its possible she imagines her coldness and inhibitions during marriage were the result of her inexperience before marriage?
- Dr. Jonas: Exactly. And, of course, nothing could be further from the truth. But, if she goes on thinking that way, blaming herself, for what she ought to be most *proud* of, she'll end up destroying herself.
- Paul Radford: You're not the first woman to be afraid - to find the physical act repellent. And you didn't invent that fear!
- Paul Radford: You've got to break away from all this, your father. You can't go on being Daddy's little girl.
- Dr. George C. Chapman: [final lines] Column two, question one.
- Paul Radford: Ten per cent, strongly aroused. What about dinner tonight?
- Dr. George C. Chapman: Fine. Question two.
- Paul Radford: Twenty-seven per cent, somewhat. Sixty-three per cent, not at all.
- Dr. George C. Chapman: Question three?
- Paul Radford: Thirty-nine per cent, yes. Sixty-one per cent, no.