DYK 18thC high-society France was fascinated w/the sex lives of its class? Gossip rags, “Mémoires secrets” & “Correspondance secrete”, tattled on the rich & famous. As w/today’s #RealityTV, readers relished reading about how friends & neighbors transgressed sex & gender #taboos.

#Taboos make it hard to channel our #SexDrive the way society tries to shape it for us. Sexually uncomfortable, we take risks that may harm us or make us shameful. Understanding the #HistSex, we can get over it. Blog7 HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory #WmnHist #zoophilia

#Taboos snarl our most intimate efforts to balance our #SexDrive w/our #SelfControl. We want to be like the models our culture provides. If we fail, we don’t belong. If we don’t belong, we aren’t #sexy. If we aren’t sexy, our peers may see us repulsive—so may we. #GenderHistory

DYK Stone-Age #taboos about #SexualAppearance haunt our #SexualPleasure today? But more than being cut or uncut, we now may feel we must be thin, squeaky-clean, blow-dried, wide-eyed, white-toothed, straight-nosed, pumped-up, well-hung, & vastly-titted. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com