The History of the Clitoris
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
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Aristotle's Manuscript - The Clitoris
The dominant culture was not interested in female sexuality, but when you look at the vernacular culture, have you heard of that incredible book Aristotle's masterpiece? All about it. And what I found strikingly absent from it were any descriptions of the vagina as a site of pleasure. So yes, people knew about the clitoris. Oh my goodness, don't we wish that we had this in sex ed today?"
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