Sex has been called many things, some nasty, some nice, few neutral: "Nature's cruel trick to perpetuate the species," "Poor man's polo," "The formula by which one and one makes three." My own favorite: "Sex is something children never discuss in the presence of elders." In this book, I investigate the origins of all things, be it straight, bi, gay or drag, dealing with sex: our sexual practices, positions, attitudes, words, devices, anomalies...

Excerpts:
Petting, Lollygagging, Billing & Cooing

The Origin of 'Blow Job'

Spring Love Quiz

Table of Contents



Sex Quiz

What is your Sex I.Q.?


True or False

1. German structural engineer Otto Titzling invented the bra.
(See page 223)

2. Many baby boys are born with swollen breasts that secrete “witch’s milk.”
(See page 220)

3. The Eskimo Kiss involves more than lovers rubbing noses.
(See page 153)

4. At one time prostitutes were considered sacred and sex with them was a sacrament?
(See page 405)

5. Gonorrhea was named “the clap” after Norse fertility goddess Clapporia.
(See page 408)

6. The average human male penis, when erect, is four times that of the gorilla’s.
(See page 45)

7. History’s first recorded love poem, from 3500 B.C.E., was between two women.
(See page 142)

8. High heels were first worn by men.
(See page 427)

9. The oldest four-letter sex word is the notorious f-word.
(See page 22, and page 95)

10. Female breast implants began with World War II prostitutes trying to make money off American GIs.
(See page 241)



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