History
Every era is certain it has finally got sex right, and every era is the one the next one laughs at. The history is worth knowing for exactly that reason: it is a running record of confident, well-meaning, catastrophically wrong advice.
1894
Cornflakes were invented to suppress masturbation
The breakfast cereal was a medical intervention, and it is not a joke.
1952
Hysteria was a diagnosis for two thousand years
Named after the womb, and applied to almost any woman who complained.
1564
The condom is far older than rubber
Linen, soaked in chemicals, and tied on with a ribbon.
1973
Homosexuality was a mental illness until 1973
The vote that changed it was decided by evidence nobody had asked for.
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Rome had a contraceptive plant, and used it up
Worth its weight in silver, and harvested into extinction.
1819
Pompeii’s erotic art was locked away for 180 years
Not censored by the Romans. Censored by the people who dug it up.Browse by shelf
Seven questions
Wondering what would suit you?
Seven questions, two minutes, and one straight answer. Nothing is saved.
Take the seven questions Twenty questions, for twoWould you rather talk about it together?
You each answer twenty questions on your own. Afterwards you see only what you both said yes or maybe to — and a plan for the things you agreed on.
Open Let’s talk about sexGeneral information, not medical advice. Anything persistent or painful belongs with a doctor, who has heard it before.