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Entry Posted March 28, 2004

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17015 Splendid book review: Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation. The reviewer (following his source) argues that modern demonisation of masturbation began during the Enlightenment. Because it was in its climactic moments deeply private, because it dealt with fantasy, and because it was thought to be insatiable it defied reason—and therefore was to be distrusted. (I don’t quite follow the argument here, but it’s worth reading anyway.) 02:55

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Rhizomatic Roamer (lancelost.spaces.live.com):
… 　　 　　Review 　　Me, Myself, and I 　　By Stephen Greenblatt 　　Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation 　　by Thomas W. Laqueur 　　Zone, 501 pp., $34.00 　　 　　http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17015　　 　　1. …

Rhizomatic Roamer (lancelost.spaces.live.com):
… 　　 　　Review 　　Me, Myself, and I 　　By Stephen Greenblatt 　　Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation 　　by Thomas W. Laqueur 　　Zone, 501 pp., $34.00 　　 　　http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17015 …

Philosophical Misadventures (www.philosophicalmisadventures.com):
… to the Youth of the nation of Both SEXES’ (and breathe out). This pamplet has come to light again recently as a result of Thomas W. Laqueur’s Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation, informative reviews of which are available here andhere. CITATIONS: 1. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, or Book IV, trans. Grace Roosevelt. [Online here, select Book IV and scroll to paragraph 1165.] …

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