Same-sex relationships existed across ancient societies, yet they operated within cultural systems that recognized intimacy without equating...
Sex and Sexuality
Explore the history of sex and sexuality, examining how changing social norms shaped intimate life and ideas about the body across cultures.
The investigation of coitus interruptus in the Middle Ages forces historians to navigate a terrain defined as...
A century ago, a pioneering sex researcher challenged ideas about ‘respectable women’ and sex. By Dr. Anya JabourRegents Professor of HistoryUniversity of...
What did sexual education look like for women in the Regency era? By Dr. Alexandra VastiWriter and...
The recently discovered 2,000 year old Roman dildo is but a dint in the long-standing history of...
It is likely that the Greek brothels were similar to those of Rome, described by numerous authors and...
Anyone who sold their body for the entertainment of others or exposed themselves to the public gaze,...
Examining two main interpretations of the Roman view of prostitution. By Erin K. FentonMacalester College Introduction Within...
Exploring the perennial issues sex presents and how medieval societies dealt with them. While total abstinence for...
Ancient Jews and Christians were troubled by the inclusion of such a graphic love poem. Introduction Many...
They absorbed the view that the act of sexual intercourse, although necessary, was nevertheless was a shameful...
The issue of sexuality has become a top topic, especially with rising social problems and phenomena. Society...
By the 1930s, vibrators were just another household electric appliance that could soothe your pains at the...
The word aphrodisiac only began to be used to describe such foods in the late seventeenth century....
Promotion for safe sex by the Connecticut Department of Health Services / Wellcome Collection, Creative Commons Condoms...
In 1896, a woman university student living in Zurich published in pamphlet form an extraordinary tirade against...
Roman mosaic / Photo by Alberto Fernandez Fernandez, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wikimedia Commons Prostitution quickly became a popular...
The “Burney Relief,” which is believed to represent either Ishtar, the Mesopotamian goddess of love and war,...
Bible, about 1280–90, Bologna, Italy. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig I 11, fol. 248v; National...
On the eastern side of Ara Pacis is a relief of Tellus Mater, the Roman earth-goddess /...
The uniqueness of Hijras lies not only in their existence beyond social structure but also in Indian...
The fear of prostitution and female promiscuity peaked during World War I. By Laura Lammasniemi / 07.28.2016 Teaching...
The medieval – and modern – Catholic practice of consecrating women as virgins who has lost their...