Ancient aphrodisiacs, love potions, and the quest for a boost.
Body hair has been embraced, rejected, removed and recreated by Hollywood over the years.
When it came to technology, the sex industry was ahead of the curve.
A headline-making caveman.
Centuries of disrobing, from Salome to Showgirls.
It may be dated, but there’s something to be said for the first of its kind.
What could bring more good fortune than a phallic amulet?
How the spread impacted human relationships across time.
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...
Did Egypt's most celebrated queen really have a vibrator filled with bees?
The legacy and resurgence of the notorious hole in the wall.
The founding father of sexology in the US was researching wasps until he was assigned to teach sex-ed.
King Edward VII employed custom-made sex furniture, but how did it work?
From Manila to Victorian England.
The social side of 18th-century masturbation.
One of these things is the ideal start to a day, the other is a nice breakfast.
From brothels to the underground dominatrix scene.
From “I love you” to “I’m sorry for your loss”.
Not your average pulmonary artery.
Was the world’s most famous courtesan a devious seductress or unwilling scapegoat?
Catherine Robbe-Grillet is in her tenth decade of life, lives in a beautiful French castle, and is fully committed to BDSM. The great science fiction author Robert Heinlein once wrote, “Every gener...
How the OG online dating platform came to be—and why it continues on.
The most famous sex researchers on merging the clinical and sensual.
How the science of sexuality got its name.
From the underground to the internet via some very dodgy backstreets.
Kissing with tongues didn’t originate in Paris, so why credit it to the French?
From the early depictions to the FDA.
Were they buttoned-down prudes or Bridgertonesque bed-hoppers?
From polyamory to hand-drawn porn.
The legacy of Dr. Ernst Gräfenberg, orgasm pioneer.
