Stories
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A history of sex for sale
Kate Lister’s cultural history of the sex trade puts sex workers centre stage. In this extract, she argues why the way we write, think and talk about sex work matters.
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History of condoms from animal to rubber
Come on a journey from the first recorded condoms in the 16th century to the modern female condoms in the 1990s – and everything in between.
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Deadly doses and the hardest of hard drugs
The invention of the modern hypodermic syringe meant we could get high – or accidentally die – faster than before. Find out how this medical breakthrough was adapted for deadly uses.
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Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.
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The country seat; or, summer evenings entertainments. Translated from the French. In two volumes. Volume the First. Containing, The History of Don Pedro D'Aguilar. Innocence Preserved. Arnold and Claramond. Remarkable Account of three Prostitutes. Melchu-Kina. The Self - Rival, and Constant Love.
Date: MDCCLXII. [1762]- Books
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Lectures on female prostitution : its nature, extent, effects, guilt, causes, and remedy / by Ralph Wardlaw.
Date: 1842- Books
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The secret history of Betty Ireland. Containing an interesting account of her unfortunate marriage at the age of fourteen. - Her Absconding from her Husband, and turning Prostitute. - Her Incest with her own Son. - Her being Carted for a Bawd. - Her Revenge on one of the Justices. - Her Intrigues with a Jew, whom she caused to be arrested for £300. - Her Marriage to Three Brothers within Seven Days, without the Knowledge of each other- Her being robbed on Epping Forest. - Her intriguing with Smutty Will, an Irishman, a well known Sharper, with an Account of his Death in Newgate. - Her associating with Shoplifters, and being taken in the Fact; and the Stratagem she used to escape a Prosecution; together with many other interesting Anecdotes, &c. &c. well worth the perusal of the Curious.
Date: [1800?]- Books
Free love paid love : expressions of affection in Mykonos.
Date: 2021- Books
Prostitution and society : a survey / Fernando Henriques ; chapter head designs by Rosamund Seymour.
Henriques, Fernando (Louis Fernando), 1916-Date: 1962-1968