Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire by Eric Berkowitz

Sex and Punishment: Four Thousand Years of Judging Desire

Eric Berkowitz

436 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The “raging frenzy” of the sex drive, to use Plato’s phrase, has always defied control. However, that’s not to say that the Sumerians, Victorians, and every civilization in between and beyond have not tried, wielding their most formidable weapon: ...

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