Talking Dirty, Part 6
During the early Middle Ages, it was possible to be a "born-again virgin." Women wanting to become nuns could be publicly declared consecrated virgins, even after being married and bearing children.
A popular form of contraception was an animal bladder, tied with twine, which was used and re-used -- as a condom.
During construction of Notre Dame Cathedral, a group of French prostitutes pooled their earnings and offered to pay for one of its stained glass windows. The Church politely refused the offer.
There are apocryphal tales of Aztec women defending their town against the Spaniards in a rather novel fashion... by exposing their buttocks and dousing their adversaries with breast milk.
(from THE HISTORY OF SEX: The Middle Ages, the History Channel)
A popular form of contraception was an animal bladder, tied with twine, which was used and re-used -- as a condom.
During construction of Notre Dame Cathedral, a group of French prostitutes pooled their earnings and offered to pay for one of its stained glass windows. The Church politely refused the offer.
There are apocryphal tales of Aztec women defending their town against the Spaniards in a rather novel fashion... by exposing their buttocks and dousing their adversaries with breast milk.
(from THE HISTORY OF SEX: The Middle Ages, the History Channel)