How Robert Heinlein Awakened My Sexuality
“Anyone who says that sex is overrated just hasn't done it properly.” ― Robert A. Heinlein , Time Enough for Love I know, I know, Heinlein can be problematic for a staunch feminist to embrace... however, when I recommend or gift his books to my friends I like to preface with, "just think of him as old uncle Robert." While his ideas may seem sexist, racist, or some other -ist viewed through the lens of 2018, remember that as an author born in 1907, in a lot of ways he was ahead of his time. Heinlein is credited for fuelling the fire on the sexual revolution of the 1960's. His later novels reflect a preference for free-love, polyamory, pan-sexuality and more. But for 16 year old me, coming from a strictly Christian upbringing where I was expected to only ever sleep with my future husband, to never entertain homosexual feelings, and to fall in line with a nice gender-appropriate career that allowed for child-rearing... Heinlein's was the first voice that spoke...