Stories
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Nymphomania and hypersexuality in women and men
The history of nymphomania is closely bound with society's views on women and their sexuality.
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Shame, condemnation and conscience
Where does shame comes from and what fuels it? Lucia Osborne-Crowley explores audience, gender and the difference between shame and guilt, asking if either can ever be useful.
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The prostitute whose pox inspired feminists
Fitzrovia, 1875. A woman recorded only as A.G. enters hospital and is diagnosed with syphilis.
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Shame and how our bodies betray us
Embarrassment about our desires, bodies and bodily functions can silence us. Lucia Osborne-Crowley asks whether a low-level but constant sense of shame is stopping us getting the help we need.
Catalogue
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Rape : a history from 1860 to the present day / Joanna Bourke.
Bourke, JoannaDate: 2008- Books
Redefining rape : sexual violence in the era of suffrage and segregation / Estelle B. Freedman.
Freedman, Estelle B., 1947-Date: 2013- Books
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The adventures of an air balloon wherein are delineated many distinguished characters, male and female; particularly Dr. M-; G- H-, Esq; with his poem of the Rape of the smock, &c. &c.
Date: [1780?]- Pictures
Cephalus and Aurora: Aurora (Eos), the dawn goddess, snatches Cephalus the hunter and forces him away with her on a cloud, while his hound is asleep. Engraving by M. Dorigny, 1642, after S. Vouet.
Vouet, Simon, 1590-1649.Date: 1642Reference: 2815028i- Books
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The golden spy: or, a political journal of the British nights entertainments. Viz. The power and progress of gold. The ladys taste. The Mercenary Gallant. The Male and Female Favourites. The Story of Donna Olympa. Monsieur Icquet's Amours. The Fatal Rape. The English Female Favourite. Matilda and Golofre. The English Male Favourites. The unlucky Cast. The fair Extravagant. The four Extravagant. Of Love Intrigues. The Fortunate Adultery. Of Julio and Sempronia. The Whores Revenge. The Political Whores. The Lucky Escape. The Country Jilt. The force of Love. The kept Miss. The Cully's Fate. The Godly Reformers. The Reforming Constable. The Hypocrite uncas'd. The Godly Debauchee. The Reformer Reform'd. The Trade of the Camp. Wherein are laid open the secret miraculous power and progress of gold, in the courts of Europe. Also Delightful Intrigues, Memoirs, Tales, and Adventures, Serious and Comical.
Gildon, Charles, 1665-1724.Date: Printed in the Year 1710