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The sexual revolution of the enlightenment still resonates today, argues Faramerz Dabhoiwala, author of The Origins of Sex. In this short video, he says the perceived difference in sexual appetites between men and women dates from this period, as does the concept of ‘pin-up girls’ and the decriminalisation of adultery

(Source: Guardian)

Who wants the G-spot to be easy to find?  

A cosmetic gynaecologist in Florida may have located ‘a clearly defined sac’ … (Yes, weird choice of words).

But while we await further scientific conclusions on the matter, we may at least reach a single hard fact: we know remarkably little about female sexuality. Indeed, it is not so very long ago that a woman’s sexual dissatisfaction was regarded as a symptom of a more general “hysteria” and treated “medically” by hydrotherapy and clockwork vibrators. And it is a long-held and still much-touted myth that women possess a lower sexual appetite than men, that, furthermore, women crave sex as a route only to children, or intimacy, or some kind of post-coital cuddle.