What constituted socially-acceptable premarital sex for young men in the late middle ages?
Tag: masculinity
Drunk Canadians in London, November 1916
The sexual history of war lies at the very heart of the history of war itself.
Death by Celibacy: Sex, Semen and Male Health in the Middle Ages
Medieval priests were not supposed to have sex, but medical theory suggested that celibacy could kill them.
The Queer Caribbean: Conflicting Uses of the Colonial Past
Both anti-discrimination and pro-gay activists appeal to features of a pre-colonial past.
The Erotics of Shaving in Victorian Britain
Beardedness in nineteenth-century Britain had definite implications for manliness and sexuality.
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Male fashion has long been central to the way we define what it means to be a ‘real’ man.
Sex and the King: Rumours, Reputation and the Problem of Royal Adultery in Medieval England
Medieval people scrutinised and judged the sex lives of their rulers.
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