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A Curious History of Sex
- Narrated by: Kate Lister
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Summary
The act of sex has not changed since people first worked out what went where, but the ways in which society dictates how sex is culturally understood and performed have varied significantly through the ages. Humans are the only creatures that stigmatize particular sexual practices, and sex remains a deeply divisive issue around the world. Attitudes will change and grow - hopefully for the better - but sex will never be free of stigma or shame unless we acknowledge where it has come from.
Based on the popular research project Whores of Yore, and written with her distinctive humor and wit, A Curious History of Sex draws upon Dr. Kate Lister's extensive knowledge of sex history. From medieval impotence tests to 20th-century testicle thefts, from the erotic frescoes of Pompeii, to modern-day sex-doll brothels, Kate unashamedly roots around in the pants of history, debunking myths, challenging stereotypes, and generally getting her hands dirty.
You will laugh, you will wince, and you will wonder just how much has actually changed.
Contains mature themes.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-05-23
Educational and hilarious
Educational, hilarious, enraging, shocking, surprising. No man could have ever written a book like this.
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- Tatiane Garland
- 24-04-23
Loved it.
Funny, informative and it is a must for me to listen to it again!!!
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- Anonymous User
- 02-01-21
Nice listen
Its a nice listen i enjoyed the mix between this is real but it is also funny that this sort of thing was true
The last part shoud of been a chapter in the book and not as a side not very disappointed in that
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- b26354
- 28-01-23
As good as the podcast!
Absolutely loved this! Informative, accessible history at its best. I love Kate Lister’s podcast Betwixt the Sheets so knew I’d enjoy the book, but it exceeded expectations.
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- C. R. Smith
- 12-08-23
A great listen
Refreshingly frank, entertaining and eye-opening. There aren't too many books that are both entertaining and educational, but this is certainly one of them. Brilliantly narrated and we'll worth a listen.
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- Richard Felce
- 16-02-22
Well researched, generally interesting
Generally interesting and entertaining, well read by the author. I suppose she highlighted at the end it is so difficult to accurately research which might explain why some areas were a but light and some went into way more detail than needed, hence 4 starts not 5. An easy listen
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- Anonymous User
- 20-12-23
Brilliant
The book was really good. The chapters were each individual topics relating to the history of sex rather than a chronological order, which I found much easier to follow and you can pick and choose what chapters to listen to.
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- Florence
- 26-03-24
Fascinating & funny!
Both myself and my husband enjoyed listening to this brilliant book. Fantastically interesting, funny, insightful and very easy to listen to. Kate Lister has done a marvellous job of delving into this often ‘taboo’ subject and I feel it’s something all should listen to. Beanis is something that will make us laugh forever more!
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- Zak Mohebbi
- 13-03-21
If you're look for something a bit different
A truly fantastic book about the history of snow x, sexual practices and attitudes towards sex. At first glance you would think that this would be a seedy book but it's quite the opposite, very insightful and interesting. Definitely will be recommending to everyone!
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- John Sharp
- 19-11-23
Fascinating, filthy funny and important
Kate Lister is, alongside Fern Riddell, one of the most compelling, well-versed and fascinating story tellers regarding sexual history writing today. Her book is in equal parts insightful, hilarious (particularly running gag citing the original years for the uses of innuendos throughout the book is particularly good), heartbreaking, illuminating and refreshing. I loved it, learnt a lot and cannot recommend enough.
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