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A young woman encourages the attentions of an old man while offering her hand behind his back to a younger one. Mezzotint by Wilson after C. Troost.

Jets of water spray naked young women on a bed; suggesting the connection between enemas and eroticism. Process print after an engraving by P.L. Auvray after J.H. Fragonard.

A woman patient at a spa is told by her doctor that the treatment for her fertility might be helped by the presence of a 'diverting friend' - i.e. him. Lithograph by M. Stephane, c. 1896.

The Mosher survey : sexual attitudes of 45 Victorian women / Clelia Duel Mosher ; edited by James MaHood and Kristine Wenburg ; introduction by Carl N. Degler.

The sexuality of women / Paul H. Gebhard, Jan Raboch, Hans Giese ; translated from the German by Colin Bearne.

Sex, risk, danger : AIDS education policy and young women's sexuality / Janet Holland, Caroline Ramazanoglu, and Sue Scott.

Making it : a woman's guide to sex in the age of AIDS / by Cindy Patton and Janis Kelly.

Big pharma, women, and the labour of love / Thea Cacchioni.

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Women - Sexual behavior

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Images about Women - Sexual behavior

Works from the collections

The Mosher survey : sexual attitudes of 45 Victorian women / Clelia Duel Mosher ; edited by James MaHood and Kristine Wenburg ; introduction by Carl N. Degler.

The sexuality of women / Paul H. Gebhard, Jan Raboch, Hans Giese ; translated from the German by Colin Bearne.

Sex, risk, danger : AIDS education policy and young women's sexuality / Janet Holland, Caroline Ramazanoglu, and Sue Scott.

Making it : a woman's guide to sex in the age of AIDS / by Cindy Patton and Janis Kelly.

Big pharma, women, and the labour of love / Thea Cacchioni.

Women - Sexual behavior

Images from the collections

Images about Women - Sexual behavior

Works from the collections

The Mosher survey : sexual attitudes of 45 Victorian women / Clelia Duel Mosher ; edited by James MaHood and Kristine Wenburg ; introduction by Carl N. Degler.

The sexuality of women / Paul H. Gebhard, Jan Raboch, Hans Giese ; translated from the German by Colin Bearne.

Sex, risk, danger : AIDS education policy and young women's sexuality / Janet Holland, Caroline Ramazanoglu, and Sue Scott.

Making it : a woman's guide to sex in the age of AIDS / by Cindy Patton and Janis Kelly.

Big pharma, women, and the labour of love / Thea Cacchioni.

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