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devonjones's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Abortion
Moderate: Transphobia and Blood
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
laurastewies's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Sexual violence, Sexism, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Transphobia
now_booking's review against another edition
3.5
Overall, I liked this and I enjoyed meandering through it slowly over the past couple of months. I read the book at times and listened to the audio read by the author, at other times and I found both interesting and felt that I learned a lot about the history and anthropology of sex. I recommend this if sex is something that interests you from an academic standpoint. This is entertaining but also filled with a lot of factoids and trivia. For me if there is a down side, it is that whilst there is certainly reference to non-“Western” traditions in this book, I would say to a large extent, this book focuses on Western histories of sex with to a lesser extent some focus on practices from India. And this is understandable because this book relies on (mostly verified) written histories and traditions rather than oral ones. But I would have loved to have more content around Africa and other parts of Asia (other than India) and even other indigenous populations, and I fear those narratives might be lost forever.
Whilst this author editorializes a lot, it never feels like she’s giving too much personal opinion. There is some though. If you’re a fan of the Twitter page, “Whores of Yore,” you’ll probably know the vibe and quite like this book. I recommend if sex is something you want to get nerdy about - definitely check out the cool sources cited. This is definitely a labour of love.
Graphic: Abortion, Biphobia, Blood, Death, Hate crime, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Transphobia
Moderate: Infertility, Infidelity, and Medical trauma
marionlundqvist's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Blood, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Slavery, and Transphobia