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Shakespeare's Sex Life
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society
The Misogyny of Friendship
Shakespeare's sonnets were written during the reign of Edward II. The playfulness and humour in them is different to what we see today. There are also jokes about his name, 'Will', which can mean vagina or desire. He was not alone: other poets wrote explicitly homoerotic poems at the time.
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