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  • Home
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  • Articles
    • Sex History
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    • Sex Workers Timeline
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    • Whore Law of Yore: How New South Wales decriminalised sex work 1979-1995 by Eurydice Aroney
    • Timeline of British Law and Sex Work
  • Kate’s Blog
  • Vintage Erotica
    • Parisian Sex Workers 1930s
    • Erotic Literature
    • Erotic Art
    • 1800s
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    • Delta of Venus Archives
  • Sex Worker Rights
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Here are my recommended reads about the history of sex. 

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Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day
By Peter Ackroyd
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Sex and the Japanese: The Sensual Side of Japan (Tuttle Classics of Japanese Literature)
By  Boye Lafayette De Mente
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The Humble Little Condom: A History
By Anne Collier 
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City of Sin: London and its Vices

by Catharine Arnold

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The Secret History of Georgian London: How the Wages of Sin Shaped the Capital

 by Dan Cruickshank

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The Pleasure's All Mine: A History of Perverse Sex

 by Julie Peakman

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Buzz: The Stimulating History of the Sex Toy
By Hallie Lieberman
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Madams: Bawds & Brothel-Keepers of London by Fergus Linnane (2005-06-16)
By Fergus Linnane
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Edward VII: The Prince of Wales and the Women He Loved
By Catharine Arnold
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Courtesans

 by Kate hickman

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Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing

by Melissa Mohr

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The Vagina: A Literary and Cultural History

 by Emma L. E. Rees

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A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis

 by David M. Friedman

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Clean: An Unsanitised History of Washing

 by Katherine Ashenburg

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The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution

by Faramerz Dabhoiwala

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Sex in the Ancient World from A to Z

 by John G. Younger 

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The Sexual History of the Global South: Sexual Politics and Postcolonialism in Africa, Asia and Latin America

 by Saskia Wieringa 

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The Victorian Guide to Sex: Desire and deviance in the 19th century

y by Fern Riddle

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Prostitution, Modernity, and the Making of the Cuban Republic, 1840-1920 (Envisioning Cuba)

 by Tiffany A. Sippial

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Encyclopedia of Prostitution and Sex Work (2 Volumes Set) by Melissa Hope (EDT) Ditmore Melissa Hope Ditmore (2006-08-01)

 & 2 by Melissa Hope Ditmore

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Medieval Sexuality: A Casebook (Routledge Medieval Casebooks)

by April Harper and Caroline Proctor

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Menstruation and the Female Body in Early Modern England (Genders and Sexualities in History) by Read, Sara (2013) Hardcover

 by S. Read

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Virgin: The Untouched History

 by Hanne Blank

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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

by Randy Shilts

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Fanny and Stella: The Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England
 by Neil McKenna.
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Harris's List of the Covent Garden Ladies
by Hallie Rubenhold
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Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match
 by Wendy Moore 
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The Worm in the Bud: The World of Victorian Sexuality (Sutton History Classics)
 by Ronald Pearsall
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Prostitution and Victorian Society: Women, Class, and the State
 by Judith R. Walkowitz
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Patron Saint of Prostitutes: Josephine Butler and a Victorian Scandal
 by Helen Mathers
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1000 Nudes: A History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939
 by Hans-Michael Koetzle
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Private Pornography in the Third Reich
by Hans Von Bockhain
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Mauvaises filles : Portraits de prostituées 1925-1935
 by Monsieur X (Author), Alexandre Dupouy  (Author), Philippe Aronson (Translator)

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Sex with Kings: 500 Years of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, and Revenge (P.S.)
 by Eleanor Herman
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Hungochani: The History of a Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa
by Marc Epprecht

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1666: Plague, War and Hellfire
 by Rebecca Rideal
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The Secret Diaries Of Miss Anne Lister (Virago Modern Classics)
by Helena Whitbread
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Mother Clap's Molly House: Gay Subculture in England, 1700-1830
 by Rictor Norton
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From Prejudice to Pride: A History of LGBTQ+ Movement
 by Amy Lamé 
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Prostitution in the Eastern Mediterranean World: The Economics of Sex in the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East (Library of Middle East History)
by Gary Leiser ​

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Male Sex Work and Society
by Victor Minichiello and John Scott 

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Strapped for Cash: A History of American Hustler Culture
​ by Mack Friedman
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Feminist Porn Book, The
by Tristan Taormino and Mireille Miller-Young 
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Post-Structuralist Vulva Coloring Book, The
 by Elly Blue and Meggyn Pomerleau 

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Peg Plunkett: Memoirs of a Whore
 by Julie Peakman
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Porn Panic!: Sex and Censorship in the UK
By Jerry Barnett
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Shunga: Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art
Timothy Clark and C. Andrew Gerstle 
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Ars Erotica. An Arousing History of Erotic Art
by Edward Lucie-Smith
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Sex Work: A Risky Business by Teela Sanders (2004-12-01)
by Teela Sanders
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Sex Work Now
by Rosie Campbell (Editor), Maggie O'Neill (Editor)
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Prostitution and Feminism: Towards a Politics of Feeling
By Maggie O'Neill ​