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The History of the Clitoris

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Freud's Legacy on Feminine Sexuality

Freud's work and his writing did have a legacy on how we understood the clitoris. He finally put the lid on the clitoral pleasure as being unfeminate and immature. The refusal to acknowledge the clitoris is being a good and positive thing, or that it doesn't have a role in sex. I don't think the world returns to exploring female sexuality until after World War II.

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