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Edith Mendel Stern's Men Are Clumsy Lovers

Edith Mendel Stern's popular 1934 book, "Men Are Clumsy Lovers," published by Vanguard Press. Stern humorously writes a portrait of unbecoming men -- a husband with a wandering eye, the teaser, a communist.

 

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Jewish Women's Archive. "Edith Mendel Stern's Men Are Clumsy Lovers." (Viewed on November 22, 2025) <https://qa.jwa.org/media/edith-mendel-sterns-men-are-clumsy-lovers>.