Introduction
"The Naked Sisterhood" is the sensational novel of sex in the raw in an exotically feminine environment, which was a runaway best seller upon publication in Paris. When DeGaulle banned this novel "in the interests of public morality, the young author Pierre Delashe moved to Rome where he is currently working on a new book. Publication of the book was also forbidden in England, but this exciting story made its mark and became a sought after collector's item in modern erotica.
The queer, perverted behavior of the story's chief characters is perhaps best understood by the following statement by 0. Werfel, the prominent psychoanalyst:
"Lesbianism undoubtedly has an intimate connection with a deep subconscious desire to inflict and experience pain. Imagine a woman who for some mysterious reason unconsciously wants to be mistreated by a woman, though consciously unaware of this wish. Actually the lesbian is even more frantically fearful of her only alternative, the male penis.
"But retreat to sex with another woman never really satisfies the lesbian's conflict. Sooner or later she feels that the woman she has sought refuge with mistreats her, is unjust to her and deliberately tortures her by arousing her jealousy. She has no relief through her breasts and vagina and soon turns to other types of pleasurepain stimulation of her body to achieve a physical orgasm.
"The various instruments employed such as rubber hoses, thick whips become substitutes for the sex organ of the partner. This accounts for some of the most fantastic elements of perversion in the lesbian pattern. The relationship seems to become purely impersonal, with concentration exclusively upon the sex organs.
"The power to produce orgasm is transferred from the mother-image to another woman. Often the flight from the mother-image leads the lesbian to a quick succession of exchangeable females.
"The pattern of pain-collecting, with a woman as an antidote for the fear of men is visible in any analytic discussion with a lesbian patient. All of her "tortures and injustices" are always self created....."
These insights into the mainsprings of lesbian behavior should prove broadening and helpful in the general psychological understanding of the reader.
"The Naked Sisterhood" is presented in its complete and unexpurgated original version by Continental Classics. Due to the nature of its theme, it is recommended only for the graduate student or the mature adult reader.
Allan Saunders, M.A. New York City March, 1968
Archive Note: The truly amazing number of misspellings in the original pocketbook are faithfully reproduced in this text. No attempt whatsoever has been made to correct the misspelled or misused words.