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Masturbation - History

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Works from the collections

5 works

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    French letters and English overcoats : sexual fallacies and fads from ancient Greece to the millennium / by Richard De'ath.

    | De'ath, Richard | Date: 2000
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    Kultur der Begierde : eine Geschichte der Sexualität / Franz X. Eder.

    | Franz X. Eder | Date: 2002
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    The pleasure's all mine : a history of perverse sex / Julie Peakman.

    | Julie Peakman | Date: 2013
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    The technology of orgasm : "hysteria," the vibrator, and women's sexual satisfaction / Rachel P. Maines.

    | Rachel Maines | Date: 1999
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    Solitary sex : a cultural history of masturbation / Thomas W. Laqueur.

    | Thomas W. Laqueur | Date: [2003]

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