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Jolly folk, historical and anthropological snippets about sex - whether for pro- or recreation. As usual when authors rummage around in mythology, they come up with what is undoubtedly only a portion of the lore connected with any given ancient practice, like kissing, phallic worship, or prostitution and so on. But Brasch has amassed some entertaining minutiae - that thigh in the Bible originally meant penis (how then explain Jacob's hip disconnection?); in the early 1800's little cages were used to prevent masturbation; and Queen Victoria struck out the passage dealing with lesbianism in an Act of Parliament concerning homosexuality. Roam through sections like the Hymen - Before and After or The Noise Factor in Weddings and you may not find out how sex began but you can assume there'll be no end to its marketable fecundity. (Kirkus Reviews)

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