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A winged woman with a skull as her head, standing in a man's pelvis, holding in one hand a bow and in the other a man's severed head. Soft ground etching by Félicien Rops.

The bases of three skulls: a new born infant's, a misogynist's, and a man suffering from satyriasis. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.

'Uterine fury' : now sold in chemists / Linda Vergnani.

Sex addiction : a critical history / Barry Reay, Nina Attwood and Claire Gooder.

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Sins and subsequent punishment in Hell. Chromolithograph.

A winged woman with a skull as her head, standing in a man's pelvis, holding in one hand a bow and in the other a man's severed head. Soft ground etching by Félicien Rops.

'Uterine fury' : now sold in chemists / Linda Vergnani.

The bases of three skulls: a new born infant's, a misogynist's, and a man suffering from satyriasis. Process print, 1901, after etching, 1809.

Sex addiction : a critical history / Barry Reay, Nina Attwood and Claire Gooder.