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Beaton/D/2/3/7
Unique identifier
GB 275 Beaton/D/2/3/7
Title
Biography
Date(s)
- 29th October 1950 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
3p paper
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Scope and content
Typescript prose extract, in which Beaton reflects on the reluctance of parents to explain the "facts of life" to their children. At a recent dinner party, it was discovered that none of the guests had been told about the facts of life as a child in any meaningful way. Beaton comments on his own limited exposure to sex at school and tries to persuade one of the dinner guests to be more straightforward and open about discussing sexual matters with his son.