Pardon My French: The Marquis de Sade
Conflicted: A History Podcast
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Sodomy - The French Prostitution Act of the Century
Sod was bi sexual, and anyone who expressed a pearl clutching attitude about that earned nothing but an eye roll from the libertine marquis. Investigators later found hundreds of marks carved into the bed post. Sod had been carving them into the wood with a knife, recording every single strike he received. This orgy was clearly one for the books. It had everything, like a full bingo card of scandalous sex acts.
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