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A review by readbycoco_yt
Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex by Rachel Feltman
3.0
Well this book wasn't what I was expecting - but It was funny, informative, and enlightening .
I think I had this pre-conception that it would be more 'unknown stories from the dark ages/middle ages/medieval times', but it was more of a brief history of individual topics related to sex (e.g. contraception, biological knowledge, kinks, etc). Turns out a lot of these topics don't have a very long (known) history.
The author has a great voice - and doesn't take themselves too seriously. I found myself laughing out loud to a lot of the commentary they provided. And I applaud them for being able to simplify, and make accessible, a lot of the complicated, biased, and problematic history related to sex and sex-adjacent topics.
I think I had this pre-conception that it would be more 'unknown stories from the dark ages/middle ages/medieval times', but it was more of a brief history of individual topics related to sex (e.g. contraception, biological knowledge, kinks, etc). Turns out a lot of these topics don't have a very long (known) history.
The author has a great voice - and doesn't take themselves too seriously. I found myself laughing out loud to a lot of the commentary they provided. And I applaud them for being able to simplify, and make accessible, a lot of the complicated, biased, and problematic history related to sex and sex-adjacent topics.