The Rape of the A*P*E*

The Rape of the A*P*E*

infobox Book |
name = The Rape of the A.P.E.
orig title = The Rape of the A.P.E. (American Puritan Ethic : The Official History of the Sex Revolution, 1945-1973 : The Obscening of America, an R.S.V.P.)
translator =


image_caption = Cover of first paperback edition
author = Allan Sherman
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Non-fiction
publisher = Putnam Publishing Group
release_date = 1973
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
pages = 410 pp
isbn = NOT PUBLISHED WITH ISBN NUMBER
oclc = 2696289

The Rape of the A.P.E is a book by Allan Sherman, published in September 1973 by the Putnam Publishing Group [http://www.amazon.com/Rape-American-Puritan-Ethic-Revolution/dp/0671162519 Amazon.com: Rape of the A. P. E. (American Puritan Ethic : The Official History of the Sex Revolution, 1945-1973 : The Obscening of America, an R. S. V. P.): Allan Sherman: Bo... ] ] , regarding sex and its historical repression and resurgence in the United States [http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A337525 The Austin Chronicle: Arts: Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh: My son, the theatrical revue ] ] . In it, Sherman advances the theory that the sexual revolution has devalued not just sex but general morality, and that doing so has caused egregious harm to the nation. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/636417512.html?dids=636417512:636417512&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&date=Oct+04%2C+1973&author=ART+SEIDENBAUM&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=A+Wheeze+Over+Sex&pqatl=google A Wheeze over Sex] . "The Los Angeles Times". Art Seidenbaum. Oct 4, 1973. p. A1 ]

The books publication was the subject of much publicity, due both to its subject and author. Despite his ill health at the time, Sherman went on a two week media tour to promote "The Rape", being featured on scores of radio shows.

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* "The Rape of the A.P.E (American Puritan Ethic : The Official History of the Sex Revolution, 1945-1973 : The Obscening of America, an R.S. V.P.)", Allan Sherman, Putnam Publishing Group, 1973, (OCLC OCLC search link|2696289)


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