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The Sexual Compass - Michael Reed
The Sexual Compass
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"The story was that some scientists in Edinburgh had carried out experiments on mice. When the scientists gave a large dose of insulin to the mice in their food, a number of the mice began to engage in same-sex sexual activity." "I might be giving out some gay vibes now, but until recently, I... show more
"The story was that some scientists in Edinburgh had carried out experiments on mice. When the scientists gave a large dose of insulin to the mice in their food, a number of the mice began to engage in same-sex sexual activity."

"I might be giving out some gay vibes now, but until recently, I was a sexually interested heterosexual man..."

Gay to straight or straight to gay? Would you change your sexual orientation if you could? How does sexuality and sexual orientation actually work?

These are the questions facing a group of young people living in the North of England. Along the way, they confront issues of sexual role, family breakdown, social isolation and what's going on in John's fridge - you name it.

Genre: social issues/science fiction
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780956081346 (0956081347)
Publisher: Unmusic Books
Pages no: 138
Edition language: English
Category:
Science Fiction, Glbt
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Jessica's Book Thoughts
Jessica's Book Thoughts rated it
3.5 The Sexual Compass
In this book we have two narrators. They are both unhappy with their social lives, especially with the love/sex part. There has been a scientific breakthrough that has proven that insulin can change a persons sexual orientation, it is called "mouse" because the study was confirmed with lab mice. The...
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt rated it
4.0
A quick read that makes you laugh as much as it makes you think. The concept was a phenomenal one and while the language was simplistic, the change in narration and humorous characters still kept the text interesting. I really liked Susan and John as narrators and really enjoyed their humor and wit....
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