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Sex

How a 1918 Author Introduced the World to the Concept of Female Pleasure

Married Love by Marie Stopes was revolutionary in its frank depiction of sexuality.

Tao Tao Holmes June 10, 2016

What Happened to 'The Most Liberated Woman in America'?

Barbara Williamson co-founded one of the most famous radical sex experiments of the 1970s. Then she got wild.

Alex Mar June 7, 2016

Grizzlies and Polar Bears Are Going to Be Fornicating More

This isn't necessarily good.

Erik Shilling May 25, 2016

Former London Mayor Wins Poetry Contest with Goat Sex Limerick

It's about free speech.

Erik Shilling May 19, 2016

Villagers Thought a Sex Toy They Found on a Beach Was a Fallen Angel

The timing was a little bit odd.

Erik Shilling May 3, 2016

The Illegal Birth Control Handbook That Spread Across College Campuses in 1968

A group of Canadian teenagers wrote the first popular text on contraception.

Tao Tao Holmes March 31, 2016

A portrait of a Ming Dynasty emperor, believed to be a depiction of Hongzhi.

This Chinese Emperor Swore Off Consorts—Possibly Because One Murdered His Mom

Sometimes being monogamous is the best thing for an empire.

Tao Tao Holmes November 21, 2022

Why Scheduling Octopus Sex for Human Viewing Might Always Be A Bad Idea

Jessie Guy-Ryan February 14, 2016

"Gabriele D'Annunzio reading".

The Sex-Obsessed Poet Who Invented Fascism

Romie Stott December 4, 2015

His and Hers Candypants, in strawberry and watermelon flavor.

A Matter of Taste: Inside the Edible Sex Toy Industry

Jaya Saxena November 3, 2015

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Paul McCarthy's 'Santa Claus'

Rotterdammers' dirty minds gave this Santa a dirty nickname and cursed it to a life of wandering.

The complimentary bus at Walt Disney World.

The Rise and Fall of Cruisingforsex.com, a Digital Atlas of Casual Encounters

Katherine Wisniewski October 26, 2015

The Cuckold of Skeppsbron

Stockholm, Sweden

The Cuckold of Skeppsbron

A man has revenged his true love's betrayal through tears and stone genitalia.

The Sad Sex Lives of Suburban Frogs

Sarah Laskow September 9, 2015

crime and punishment

The 100-Year History of Women Going Topless in Times Square

Kat Long August 25, 2015

Adulterers can't catch a break

The Racist, Slut-Shaming History of Adultery Laws

Sarah Laskow August 21, 2015

FOUND: The Nerves That Spiders Use During Sex

Sarah Laskow July 8, 2015

Chicago, Illinois

Leather Archives & Museum

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.