Sexuality in Ancient History
3760 BC According to Jewish tradition, Adam and Eve lived in Eden without self-consciousness. After eating from the Tree of Knowledge, they were suddenly made aware of their nakedness and their...
View ArticleSexuality in the Middle Ages
By definition, the Middle Ages was a miserably slow time in the history of sexuality… 1139 The Roman Catholic Church outlawed marriage for its priests, at the historical Second Lateran Council. Not...
View ArticleSexuality from the Renaissance to 18th Century
1494 The first clearly recorded outbreak of syphilis in Europe occurred in Naples. The most popular theory explaining it, says that syphilis was imported from South America by Christopher Columbus and...
View ArticleSexuality in the 19th Century
1802 The Society for the Suppression of Vice was formed in London. Its aims were to control the spread of immorality, and “to preserve the minds of the young from contamination by exposure to the...
View ArticleSexuality in the Early 20th Century
1910 Paul Ehrlich discovered Salvarsan, the first effective treatment for Syphilis, based on arsenic. Up until this point the treatment of choice was mercury, which effectively poisoned the patient,...
View ArticleSexuality in the 60′s and 70′s
1960 The first modern Pill became available, when “Enovid” was approved by the FDA as an “ovulation-inhibiting agent”. It had severe side effects, since the dosage of estrogen was 3-5 times higher than...
View ArticleSexuality from the 80′s to Right Now
1980 Dr Ruth (Westheimer) became a public figure when she went on air as a New York talk show host at age 52 with her radio show Sexually Speaking. The grandmotherly sex therapist became so popular...
View ArticleIcons of Sexual History – John Harvey Kellogg (1852-1943)
John Harvey Kellogg, the man who invented cornflakes, was actually a medical doctor. He ran the very popular Battle Creek Sanitarium, a sort of a health and diet resort. although much of his practice...
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