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Old West2.6m viewsWhat Sex Was Like in the Wild WestSociety has a certain image of the Old West. Though we look back and picture cowboys wandering the wild frontier, guns on both hip...
Aztecs107.9k viewsSexuality In The Aztec Empire Was Actually Even More Repressed Than Puritan EnglandAztec sexuality and their cultural attitudes toward it were fairly repressed. They maintained strict mores regarding intercourse, ...
Bubonic Plague1.1m viewsWhat Sex Was Like During The Black DeathHave you ever wondered what sex during the Black Plague was like? It sounds sick and twisted, but life goes on, as they say, even ...
Graveyard Shift1.8m viewsWhat Sex Was Like In Ancient RomeIf one were to base knowledge of Roman history on film and television, it'd be easy to think the entire civilization was a giant "...
Great Depression299.2k viewsWhat Sex Was Like During The Great DepressionComing on the heels of the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression brought on an entirely new — and economically worse — decade, he...
American Revolutionary War1.6m views10 Strange Facts About What Physical Intimacy Was Like in Revolutionary AmericaAmerica is frequently characterized as a land founded by uptight Puritans – people who viewed physical intimacy as a sin to be avo...
Japan979.7k viewsWhat Sex Was Like in Feudal JapanRepresentations of feudal Japan are replete in historical works and art, as well as in contemporary fiction and cinema. This histo...
History54.5k viewsSex & Sensibility: Getting It On In The Age Of Jane AustenWhen most of us imagine Jane Austen romanticism, it's all about fashionable dresses, handsome suitors, and witty repartee. But wha...
263.6k viewsInteresting Facts About the Sex Lives and Beliefs of the PuritansWhat did the Puritans think of sex? Was it all just like The Scarlet Letter? Actually, the sex lives of the Puritans were more pro...
Hawaii140.7k viewsWhat Was Sex Like In Ancient Hawaii?Hawaii is a paradise, with lush green landscapes, beautiful beaches, and near-perfect weather. Ancient Hawaiian culture mirrored t...
Weird History2.2m viewsWhat Sex Was Like in Medieval TimesEven though sexual relations are considered different now than in the Middle Ages, people across time have always dealt with simil...
Graveyard Shift110.7k viewsHere's What The Average Person's Sex Life Was Like Under Henry VIIIThe House of Tudor ruled England between 1485 and 1603 and its most famous monarch was probably the oft-married, larger-than-life ...
19th Century1.0m viewsWhat "Doing It" Was Like in the Victorian EraIt's simple to classify the past as an era of prudish and proper behavior; full of religious zealots and patriarchal power grabs e...
404.6k viewsInsane Facts About The Free-For-All Sexual Culture Of Weimar GermanyThe Weimar Republic, also known as interwar Germany, lasted from 1919 and 1933, and was basically a sexual free-for-all. In terms ...
History107.7k viewsHere's What Sex Was Like During The RenaissanceThe Renaissance grew from the ashes of the Black Plague, as Italians reverted to their Classical-era roots to stabilize a crumblin...
USA65k viewsWas Sex In 1950s America As Straitlaced And Boring As You Think It Was?The stereotypical perception of the 1950s involves white picket fences and domestic bliss. But what about sex in the 1950s? Sexual...
History527.9k viewsWhat Intimacy Was Like For Nomads Traveling The Silk RoadThe Silk Road was a network of markets and trading posts throughout Asia and the Indian Ocean Basin that extended from the eastern...
Ancient History454.9k viewsEverything We've Been Able To Figure Out About The Sex Lives Of NeanderthalsNeanderthals remain one of the great mysteries of human evolution. They are the human's closest relatives, but their habits elude ...
Greece96.8k viewsSex In Ancient Greece: All The Juicy Details On What It Was LikeThe ancient Greeks played an integral role in forming modern society. We have a lot to thank the Greeks for, from systems of gover...