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Originally Posted by GlennD
I'm of the opinion that an adults only room is not a great option. Adults shouldn't have to worry about the local gossip seeing them walk into the 'sex room' in the library. Kind of like the curtained-off back room at the video rental store back in the day. That's almost just another kind of censorship.
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For what it's worth - my local library had an "adults only" section when I was a kid, back in the 60s. It's wasn't just for books with sexual content. It really was all adult-level fiction. (I don't remember where the non-fiction reference books were, but it's possible many were there, too).
I also don't remember how old I was before I could access that section, but I was 15 when we left that town, and I'd had access to the "adult" section long before that. I suspect it was more a case that if you could prove you would handle the library materials respectfully, you could go over there.