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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
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.
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The local library where I grew up just needed parental permission for minors to use the adult's section which was where all non-juvenile books were located. I was somewhere around 12 when I asked and received permission to access the adult section.
Our current library doesn't segregate the adult's section in the same way but I can access the library accounts of all of my minor children and see what they've taken out. So I've now had a reason to discuss Lovecraft's racism with my teenage children (they've been reading a number of horror classics).