Left Out: Boys, Sex, and the Challenge of “Gross Indecency” Records in Irish History

By Averill Earls NOTCHES on the Bookshelf

Child sex work is unspeakable, but what do we lose by avoiding those conversations?

Obscene Pedagogies: Transgressive Talk and Sexual Education in Late Medieval Britain

By Carissa Harris Medieval, NOTCHES on the Bookshelf, Pedagogy, Sexual Violence

Obscenity is useful as a tool for teaching about sex and consent in the Middle Ages, and today.