A Cultural History of Masturbation

[thomas kyhn rovsing hjoernet]

While you're at your masturbating for peace, or taking breaks from it,
whatever, have a look at this:

Solitary Sex
A Cultural History of Masturbation
By Thomas W. Laqueur

A historical account of masturbation as a moral issue and cultural taboo.
Laqueur's scholarly courage -- for it took courage to write this book -- has
reaped ample rewards: Solitary Sex is a brilliant exploration of the shadow
side of the Enlightenment."
--Stephen Greenblatt, Harvard University
March 2003   ISBN 1-890951-32-3   $34.00/£22.95 (CLOTH)

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