Arnold Layne and Knickers McFee (inset in background with backs to the camera) were once guests of Richard and Judy on the UK ITV
This Morning programme.
by Arnold Layne & Knickers McFee
WE LOVE TO LOVE
The impossible faith
Back in the 1960s the miniskirt revolution heralded a flood of female emancipation and sexual liberation.
It also brought with it a raft of sometimes controversial thought.Amid such thought was the examination of the possible consequences a woman might attract upon herself by flirtingly flaunting herself in public. It was a subject that, like the mini, never quite managed to go away.
The arguing camp was sometimes just that and, together with the liberal brigade and the Victorian Aunty’s Collective, questions began to be asked that touched the raw nerve of inhibition.
How free should a woman be with her sexuality? Is it not fact that many women use their sexuality to score points or buy favour as though they are owed the same and with little real concern for their marks? And do they not then often complain with the next breath that the world is unfairly male dominated to their disadvantage?
Just what do they want? And just where is the divide between love and lust and material longing? And who do they turn to when the chips are down?
Over to you - we'd like to hear.
Arnold Layne and Knickers McFee are the product of an extraordinary situation known as life.
"I stopped arguing about it when I realised I was born into it," said Knickers.
"After that it was all plain sailing, apart from a few twists," she added.
For Arnold, it was a little tougher.
"I was born with this thing, you know, and it meant I didn't really have much choice about anything at all. When I finally accepted that, I then realised there was no point to nothing," said Arnold.
