stuff mondays - married love, the world's first sex manual
In 1918, a British feminist named Marie Stopes wrote the Western world's first-ever sex manual. After disappearing off the book stands for many, controversy-filled years, Married Love has just been re-released with a modern twist.
In 1918, a British feminist named Marie Stopes wrote the Western world's first-ever sex manual. (She also opened the UK's first family planning clinic and gave her name to Marie Stopes International - what a dame.) After disappearing off the book stands for many, controversy-filled years, it has just been re-released with a modern twist. Gender politics may have changed a whole bunch over the last century, but as we learnt from having a flick through its pages, what goes on under the sheets is still the same, awkward experience for most.
The book is called Married Love, so it sways more towards the loving-relationship type of intimacy, not the 'whose-bed-is-this?' morning panic. Well, mostly. From the traditional take on wooing your partner to 1910's versions of pleasurable experiences, it might not teach you anything you don't already know, but it's still a good giggle.
If you want to nab one, they're available now for purchase here.
We have five copies to give away in time for Valentine's Day. If you think you and your special friend would be interested in learning a little old school carnal knowledge, email us here with your name and address to be in the draw.
