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Lascivious virgins and lustful itches: women's masturbation in early England

  • Written by Paige Donaghy, PhD Student, The University of Queensland
Lascivious virgins and lustful itches: women's masturbation in early EnglandBattita Dossi, Nymph of Spring (16th century).Wikimedia Commons

In our sexual histories series, authors explore changing sexual mores from antiquity to today.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, masturbation was thought of as a “disease”, capable of causing psychological or physical damage like blindness or insanity. This medical and moral...

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