Stories
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The metamorphosis of masturbation
Throughout history, medics and campaigners have tried to stamp out masturbation – but is modern science transforming its reputation?
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Female masturbation and the perils of pleasure
Dr Kate Lister exposes the brutal 19th-century ‘cures’ for women who indulged in masturbation.
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Befriending heavy breathers
Read the fascinating story behind the rare manual that helped volunteers on one of Britain’s first free telephone helplines to deal with masturbating callers.
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Ken’s ten: looking back at ten years of Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Collection founder Ken Arnold picks his favourite exhibits.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
- Online
Safer sex is... : kissing talking dirty showering together sensual massage mutual masturbation sexual intercourse using a condom / designed by Simon Impey and Jon Daniel.
Date: [between 1990 and 2000?]- Books
Solitary sex : a cultural history of masturbation / Thomas W. Laqueur.
Laqueur, Thomas Walter.Date: [2003], ©2003- Books
Bang! : masturbation for people of all genders / Vic Liu.
Liu, VicDate: 2021- Ephemera
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Play safe play sexy : masturbation / produced by Gay Health Network Ireland.
Date: [between 2005 and 2010?]- Books
Keats, modesty and masturbation / Rachel Schulkins.
Schulkins, RachelDate: 2014