From Ancient Greece, modern Western civilisation has derived many of its artistic philosophical and political ideals. This book discusses the various aspects of the Ancient Greeks' sexual life. Through literary, historical and artistic evidence, it presents a picture of the position of women in Greek life.
From Ancient Greece, modern Western civilisation has derived many of its artistic philosophical and political ideals. This book discusses the various ...
The line between pain and pleasure is as thin as the tail of a whip, and this classic work is the definitive history of flagellation through the ages. As it shows, flagellation is much more than a punishment -- it is also intimately tied to discipline and eroticism, has a romantic and even comic side, and has also been used for medical purposes. No one is above the bite of the birch or rod -- convent nuns were chastised severely, queens have been flogged, and even favorites of the sultan have had to endure the whip in the great seraglios. The author deals in great detail with...
The line between pain and pleasure is as thin as the tail of a whip, and this classic work is the definitive history of flagellation through the ag...
The two volumes of this work make available many years of labor and scholarly work on the fundamental concepts of Indian thought which have determined the attitude of Indian civilization in regard to the relation of the sexes for more than two thousand years."
The two volumes of this work make available many years of labor and scholarly work on the fundamental concepts of Indian thought which have determined...
When this work was first published in the first half of the last century, sexology and the unprejudiced study of sexual activity was in its infancy. Kinsey in his study of human sexual behavior was able to state that the majority of human beings had masturbated at one time or another but to us today this probably remains quite an astonishing statement to have to make. The whole field was surrounded by ignorance and superstition. The medical profession was regrettably the worst offender and the most ignored. This is why this book was such a revelation step and much ahead of its time.
When this work was first published in the first half of the last century, sexology and the unprejudiced study of sexual activity was in its infancy. K...
This is a frankly-written penetrating study of flagellation in all its aspects: penal, religious, educational and erotic. Represented here are soldiers and sailors, thieves and prostitutes, schoolboys and schoolgirls, slaves and servants, and the various forms of flagellation used on these groups throughout the ages.
This is a frankly-written penetrating study of flagellation in all its aspects: penal, religious, educational and erotic. Represented here are soldier...
This survey of the history of prostitution from antiquity to the twentieth century is one of the first comprehensive studies of this phenomenon. George Ryley Scott writes this treatise in reaction to the lack of literature on the subject at his time, dismissing the only volumes available as outdated, fragmentary, or prejudiced, as they were often sponsored by reformist groups. Thus, Scott presents us with a refreshingly honest and nonbiased view of prostitution.
This survey of the history of prostitution from antiquity to the twentieth century is one of the first comprehensive studies of this phenomenon. Georg...
