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    Aesop's Foibles. YES.: This sounds really creepy and scary. And maybe it's just me, but I wouldn't feel very human if I was asked to put a bag over my head to be "studied". ... more »
    LaComtesse: White robes and pillowcases over their heads? Were these "female volunteers" also Klan members? more »
    Jello Mix: One time I went to a country fair. That ensemble is exactly what the goats were wearing. more »
    BabyJane: What the sheet? more »
    Kali Mama: I can't help but think the men going into the profession in the 50's were straight up kinks, what with the weird ass sex studies and the hysterics mas... more »
    morninggloria: This must have been one of those (pillow)case studies. more »
    AthertonMerriweather: At least they'll get free Halloween costumes out of it. more »
    tscheese: Ab-oudoir Ghraib. more »
    fireflyinjuly: So, they're trying to see if hetero males respond to the bodies (sans heads) of naked women. Hmmm, that's a mystery. more »
    Triphena: I've had dreams like this, but the exam room is also my high school biology class which is also on one of those crowded trains in India, which is also... more »
    hkcd: Written by Daphne Merkin, you say? Hee. Ok, I'll go back in my box now. more »
    stoprobbers: Sex study or weird cult initiation? You be the judge. more »
    Mary McCarthyite: And the males wore...? more »
    vamusical: This still isn't nearly as weird as that crazy napkin aladdin vest thing I wore at my new gyno a few weeks ago. more »
    BeckySharper: Was this a KKK sex study? more »
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    Sex Studies, 1950s-Style!

    "Female volunteers entered the exam room naked except for a terrycloth robe, wearing pillowcases over their head with two holes cut around the eyes." [Daily Beast]