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HistoryExtra podcast · 2026-06-07 · 45 min · 8,690 words

The hidden history of female sexual pleasure

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Your new book offers us a history of female sexual pleasure and it takes us all the way from the ancient goddesses of sex to modern-day contraception. But before we dive into what's going to be a really frank and open discussion of the history of sexual pleasure, Why did you want to write this book? Right. So this book is born of my deep and abiding frustration at the idea that women's sex drive or pursuit of pleasure is somehow less than men's.

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