The Naked Truth

Even more than hockey, what unites Canadians from coast to coast is sex. Inspired and baffled by a recent poll that ranked Canadians among the sexiest peoples on Earth, Chris Gudgeon takes an intimate look at sex and sexuality in Canada. Based on original research and interviews with historians, sexperts, and social commentators, the book covers everything from homosexuality (officially illegal in Canada until 1969)to censorship (1965, the Supreme Court determines that Fanny Hill is not obscene; would Benny Hill be next?) to Canada’s version of the sexual revolution, which saw men in Toronto freely engaging in intercourse with their spouses. Gudgeon also peeks into the minds and bedrooms across the country, talking to people at the front lines, the cougars and mistresses, the leather freaks and swingers and shemales, to try to find what makes today’s Canadians tick, sexually speaking; and to bridge the gap between their undersexed self-image and their slightly spicy standing in the bedroom of the world.