Flick

We like to think of the modern ‘sex positive’ movement as being a radical break from the past; that we are finally sorting out the repression and denial of women’s sexual pleasure that has restricted us throughout history. But women demanding better sex did not arrive with modern day feminism or the Rampant Rabbit. It has been a very long fight indeed. It is true that women’s sexual pleasure has been heavily repressed, stigmatised, and even denied at various points throughout history, but it has also been celebrated, venerated, and thoroughly, thoroughly, enjoyed. Women have been fighting for their right to enjoy sex all along and theirs is a story that needs to be told. From the Aztec sex goddesses to ivory marital aids, ‘Flick’ takes us through history to meet the matriarchal minxes who (quite literally) came before us.

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Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us.

From the host of award-winning History Hit podcast Betwixt the Sheets.

There is a common misconception that before modern day feminism, women throughout history simply lay back and thought of England or their respective place of origin; that the modern ‘sex positive’ movement is a radical break from the past. But women demanding better sex did not arrive with free love or the Rampant Rabbit. It has been a very long fight indeed.

From Ancient Mesopotamian sex goddesses to the contraceptive pill, Kate Lister takes us through history to show us how women’s sexual pleasure was controlled, understood and thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed.

FLICK is a rousing history of women enjoying sex: sex with themselves, sex with each other, and occasionally sex with men as well.

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Weight 0.544 kg
Dimensions 24.2 × 16.3 × 21.1 cm
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Cover

Hardback

Pages

336

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

306.7082 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K