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Index
Title Page
Dedication
Introduction
Chapter 1 - CHANNELING THE URGE: THE FIRST SEX LAWS
BLOOD RELATIONS AND BLOODY RELATIONS: THE FIRST SEX CRIMES
VIRGIN TERRITORY
THE JOYS OF MARRIAGE
GOOD GOATS, BAD SHEEP, AND LONG-SUFFERING SLAVES
PROSTITUTION, SACRED AND PROFANE
HOMOSEXUALITY BEFORE MORALITY
SIN: THE GIFT OF THE HEBREWS
CIRCUMCISION AND FLUID CONTROL
TREMBLING BEFORE GOD: HOMOSEXUALITY AMONG THE HEBREWS
Chapter 2 - HONOR AMONG (MOSTLY) MEN: CASES FROM ANCIENT GREECE
THE THRUST OF ATHENIAN SEX LAW
CAUGHT IN THE ACT
FISH, VEGETABLES, AND HOT PITCH
HOMOSEXUAL LOVE—AND BERRIES
ONCE A HUSTLER . . .
FINDING A BALANCE
DO ASK, DO TELL
DARK PLEASURES, BRIGHT CONVERSATION
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Chapter 3 - IMPERIAL BEDROOMS: SEX AND THE STATE IN ANCIENT ROME
GROWING PAINS: UPPITY WOMEN
VIRGINITY’S PRICE: THE VESTAL VIRGINS AND THE FATE OF ROME
BODIES FOR SALE: SLUMMING IT WITH PROSTITUTES AND PERFORMERS
FAMILY VALUES, ROMAN-STYLE
CHARIOTS AND SALVATION: HOMOSEXUALITY IN THE LATE ROMAN EMPIRE
Chapter 4 - THE MIDDLE AGES: A CROWD CONDEMNED
THE PENITENTIALS AND THE PRICE OF SEX
SEX ON DEMAND: RAPE, THE MARITAL DEBT, AND THE DROIT DE SEIGNEUR
NO CAN DO: IMPOTENCE AND FRIGIDITY
PROSTITUTION: A MOSTLY UNHOLY INSTITUTION
SODOMY, JEWS, AND SHARED BREAD: SEXUAL DEVIANCE AND GAY UNIONS
Chapter 5 - GROPING TOWARD MODERNITY: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD, 1500–1700
BACKLASH: THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
HEDGE WHORES AND BAWDY COURTS
GERMANY: BIG BROTHER IN THE BEDROOM
TASTY MORSELS AND FUCKING FAUCETS: THE BIRTH OF OBSCENITY
PESTIFEROUS, PESTILENTIAL, UNNAMEABLE CRIMES: SODOMY, WITCHCRAFT, AND GOATS
BUGGERERS, BAKERS, AND BEASTS IN GERMANY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERACY
THE WITCH HUNTS
Chapter 6 - THE NEW WORLD OF SEXUAL OPPORTUNITY
THE SEXUAL ATTRACTION OF THE WEST
GETTING CLOSE TO THE NATIVES
RACIAL BLENDING IN THE UNITED STATES
RACE AS A LICENSE TO RAPE
HOMOSEXUALITY AWAY FROM HOME
Chapter 7 - THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY: REVELATION AND REVOLUTION
OPEN MINDS AND SELF-ABUSE
FEMALE LOVE AND LEATHER MACHINES
MISS MUFF AND INSPECTOR FOUCAULT: MALE HOMOSEXUALITY ON TRIAL
VIRGINS AND VD
LOVING THE LASH
BEASTS BURDENED
DIRTY BOOKS AND SPILLED SEED
THE TRIUMPHANT WHORE
Chapter 8 - THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: HUMAN NATURE ON TRIAL
AN INDIAN CHALLENGE
THE SCIENTIFIC RESPONSE TO PROSTITUTION
ENGLAND: THE BIG TEST
THE AMERICAN RESPONSE
STERILIZATION, CASTRATION, AND THE CURE FOR SOCIETY’S ILLS
PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CONTROL OF PRIVATE PLEASURES
SAPPHISM IN FRANCE
THE EMERGENCE OF THE “HOMOSEXUAL”
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PHOTO CREDITS
Acknowledgments
INDEX
Copyright Page
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