A review by kentcryptid
Sex and Punishment by Eric Berkowitz

3.0

Sex & Punishment is an entertaining read with one major flaw. Other than the author's examinations of historical attitudes to sexuality in ancient Egypt and the Middle East, the book focuses entirely on Europe and North America. I would have killed for some information on historical sexual regulation in (for example) India or Japan. The lack of a world-wide scope makes the book feel limited and old-fashioned. It also ends weirdly abruptly. The author explains in the prologue that he decided to finish the narrative at the end of the 19th century which is fair enough - the book is already 420 pages long. However, in the event it just feels like it stops suddenly at a random point.