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a cozy history of showering with company.
History
a cozy history of showering with company.

Hygiene is important, being social is important — what could therefore be a better idea than showering with a pal?

The history of the underrated bond girl.
History
The history of the underrated bond girl.

Caroline Cossey was decades ahead of her time.

The Archaeology Of The Cock Ring.
History
The Archaeology Of The Cock Ring.

How far back does the cock ring go?

the strange, sexy precursors to valentine’s day.
History
the strange, sexy precursors to valentine’s day.

What makes February history's sexiest month. 

A brief history of victorian valentines.
History
A brief history of victorian valentines.

A more vicious holiday greeting. 

How sex went highbrow.
History
How sex went highbrow.

Did intellectualizing sex make it more acceptable to discuss in public?

How do scientists study sex?
History
How do scientists study sex?

The ins and outs of sex in the lab.

What is a Boston marriage?
History
What is a Boston marriage?

A history of unconventional intimacy.

A history of staying hard.
History
A history of staying hard.

Hard times.

The real story of the Kama Sutra.
History
The real story of the Kama Sutra.

A history of the world’s most famous sex manual.

the sexuality test designed to disprove astrology.
History
the sexuality test designed to disprove astrology.

Fake psychics, astrology, and a universal sexual truth.

a history of queer printed erotica.
History
a history of queer printed erotica.

Mags and their digital descendants.

a brief history of lesbian pulp fiction.
History
a brief history of lesbian pulp fiction.

Sex sells.

What a surgeon general’s firing had to do with condoms.
History
What a surgeon general’s firing had to do with condoms.

Joycelyn Elders and the fight for sex education.

A brief history of sex potions.
History
A brief history of sex potions.

Ancient aphrodisiacs, love potions, and the quest for a boost.

Dell Williams and the business of pleasure.
History
Dell Williams and the business of pleasure.

A brief history of an iconic sex shop.

A history of Hollywood and body hair.
History
A history of Hollywood and body hair.

Body hair has been embraced, rejected, removed and recreated by Hollywood over the years.

The history of phone sex.
History
The history of phone sex.

When it came to technology, the sex industry was ahead of the curve.

The great gay caveman hoax.
History
The great gay caveman hoax.

A headline-making caveman. 

The history of striptease.
History
The history of striptease.

Centuries of disrobing, from Salome to Showgirls.

How Amsterdam got the world’s first sex museum.
History
How Amsterdam got the world’s first sex museum.

It may be dated, but there’s something to be said for the first of its kind.

A Brief History of Sexy Good Luck Charms.
History
A Brief History of Sexy Good Luck Charms.

What could bring more good fortune than a phallic amulet?

An Unlikely Sex Education Pioneer.
History
An Unlikely Sex Education Pioneer.

How an affair with an angel led to subversive sex education.

The History of STDs and STIs.
History
The History of STDs and STIs.

How the spread impacted human relationships across time.

The 18th-century club for “fallen women”.
History
The 18th-century club for “fallen women”.

The adulterous aristocrats’ association.

Sex sells: the history of sex in advertising.
History
Sex sells: the history of sex in advertising.

Does an ad for weedkiller really need nudity in it?

sex lives of vikings.
History
sex lives of vikings.

Nordic boot knockin'. Vikings arguably get a bit of a bad rap. The Viking age was by no stretch of the imagination a feminist utopia—just like almost every other culture in history, there were a gr...

Cleopatra And The Sexy Bee Myth.
History
Cleopatra And The Sexy Bee Myth.

Did Egypt's most celebrated queen really have a vibrator filled with bees?

A brief history of glory holes.
History
A brief history of glory holes.

The legacy and resurgence of the notorious hole in the wall.

How a zoologist changed the way we think about (human) sex
History
How a zoologist changed the way we think about (human) sex

The founding father of sexology in the US was researching wasps until he was assigned to teach sex-ed.