Loving, Julia, 104, 209, 210

M

Madeline (Bemelmans), 5

Mailer, Norman, 55

Malamud, Bernard, 149, 150

Manchild in the Promised Land (Brown), 186

The Marble in the Water (Rees), 146–49

marriage. see also divorce

heterosexuality and LGBTQ+ issues, 55–56, 181–82

sexual pleasure and cultural views of, 98–100

virginity and cultural views of, 88–89

Martin, Ann M., 203

masturbation

boys’ vs. girls’ sexuality and cultural norms, 75–78

Deenie (Blume) on, 67–69, 71–75, 78, 184

sexual education in schools on, 68, 74–75

sexual revolution of 1970s and, 69–71

tampons and views on, 89

Tiger Eyes (Blume) and original manuscript on, 171–74

Maudie and Me and the Dirty Book (Miles), 154–56, 189

Mayle, Peter, 70–71

Maynard, Joyce, 104–6, 137

Mazursky, Paul, 141

McBride, Will, 169–70

McCarthy, Mary, 214

McCormack, Thomas, 170

menstruation

Are You There God? (Blume) as education about, 28–29, 32–34, 36–37

Deenie (Blume) on, 72–73

The Long Secret (Fitzhugh), 14–15, 33

sex education on, 27–28, 29–32, 34–37, 193

tampons, 88–89

Mercier, Jean, 121, 122

Mercurio, Peter, 206

Miles, Betty, xvii, 154–56, 189

Miller, Henry, 214

Miller, Marvin, 171

“Miller Test,” 171

Millett, Kate, xix–xx, 46, 47, 88

Mom, the Wolf Man and Me (Klein), 157

Moms for Liberty, xvii

Money, John, 93–94, 103

Monroe, Marilyn, 2

morality. see censorship

Moral Majority, xvii, 167, 168, 179–80

Moran, Jeffrey, 75–76, 182

motherhood and parenting. see also Letters to Judy (Blume)

Forever (Blume) and parents’ reaction, 93–94, 103

mothers and daughters as book theme, 59–66, 72, 194–200

parental role models, 85–87