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
