#NOTCHES » Feed NOTCHES » Comments Feed NOTCHES » History of Sexuality Category Feed NOTCHES * Home * About * Editors * Submissions * Home * About * Editors * Submissions Search for: ____________________ Search History of Sexuality L0043873 Male anti-masturbation devices Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org In the late 19th century it was a widely held belief that masturbation caused insanity and devices such as this were designed to prevent the wearer from touching or stimulating himself. They were often used in mental institutions and sometimes in the home. 1880-1920 Published: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ‘Good on the Romans!’ Museum Visitors Reflecting on Cultural Attitudes to Sex By Jennifer Grove January 8, 2019 History of Sexuality 2 comments How does the public display of erotic artefacts from the past help modern visitors to reflect on their own attitudes to sex and sexuality? ‘The first lessons on sex are taught without words’: Sex Education in New Zealand ‘The first lessons on sex are taught without words’: Sex Education in New Zealand By Claire Gooder June 28, 2018 Childhood and Youth, History of Sexuality 0 comments New Zealand used pictures to tell 20th-century teens compelling stories about ideal sex and intimacy. #MeToo #MeToo By Rachel Hope Cleves October 19, 2017 History of Sexuality 0 comments Reflections on the #MeToo movement from the NotchesBlog crew and friends. Dance! Dance! Dance!: Youth Culture and Courtship at Queen’s University, 1910-1930 Dance! Dance! Dance!: Youth Culture and Courtship at Queen’s University, 1910-1930 By Renata Colwell May 30, 2017 History of Sexuality 0 comments What can a conflict over dancing at Queen’s University tell us about sexual mores in early-twentieth-century Ontario? CFP: Topics in Public History and the History of Sexuality CFP: Topics in Public History and the History of Sexuality By Natalie Sherif April 1, 2017 CFP, History of Sexuality 0 comments How do public historians engage with histories of sexuality? The Romantic Concept of Psychological Androgyny The Romantic Concept of Psychological Androgyny By Victoria Russell December 6, 2016 History of Sexuality 0 comments The history of the concept of psychological androgyny both raises and responds to the question “what is the history of sexuality?” Meet Our Assistant Editors For 2016-2017 Meet Our Assistant Editors For 2016-2017 By notcheseditor October 26, 2016 History of Sexuality 0 comments NOTCHES is very pleased to introduce our cohort of assistant editors for 2016-2017. 1 2 3 Next → Recent Posts * Three’s a Crowd?: Navigating a Love Triangle in Enlightenment France Three’s a Crowd?: Navigating a Love Triangle in Enlightenment France * ‘She rose in the Morning of a contrary Sex’: Stories from Early Modern Wonder Books ‘She rose in the Morning of a contrary Sex’: Stories from Early Modern Wonder Books * “Clinical Demonstration by Two Expert Intellectuals”: Robert Latou Dickinson’s Representations of Sexual Intercourse “Clinical Demonstration by Two Expert Intellectuals”: Robert Latou Dickinson’s Representations of Sexual Intercourse * Gay penguins, medieval heretics, and the place of animals in the history of sexuality Gay penguins, medieval heretics, and the place of animals in the history of sexuality * Beyond the Binary: Science, History, and the Radical Possibilities of Sex and Gender Beyond the Binary: Science, History, and the Radical Possibilities of Sex and Gender ABOUT NOTCHES is a peer-reviewed, collaborative and international history of sexuality blog that aims to get people inside and outside the academy thinking about histories of sex and sexualities in the past and in the present across regions, periods and themes. NOTCHES is strengthened by the diversity of our contributors, who come from a range of professional and personal backgrounds. We are sponsored by the Raphael Samuel History Centre. Follow NOTCHES on Twitter My Tweets Follow NOTCHES on Facebook Subscribe to NOTCHES Email Address ____________________ Subscribe NOTCHES is supported by: __________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2020 — NOTCHES. All Rights Reserved Designed by WPZOOM