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Krafft-Ebing, Ellis, and The Well of Loneliness: A Foray Into Sexology

Special guest post from Averill’s Sex in Modern History class Honors student Written and researched by Trey Catalano Transcript In the late 19th century, scientists were beginning to explore a groundbreaking field of science dubbed “Sexology.” This new area of study combined psychology, biology, and other natural sciences as a Read more…

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La Petite Mort: Investigating the History of Orgasm, aka The Little Death

If you were fluent in French and mingling at a French dinner party and your snooty acquaintance Genevieve likened the champagne she was sipping to la petite mort, you would know that she meant that the champagne, with it’s bubbly joy filling your nose and head, was orgasmic. But… why Read more…

By Averill Earls, 3 years1 year ago
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