Great Moments in Sex: Over 1,000 Eye-Opening Entries about the People, Gadgets, Literature, Songs, Movies, Advertisements, and Other Fascina

This book was such a fun, eye opening read. The facts are laid out in order of when they happened(granted, a margin of error has to be applied to some.) They are catorgerized in chapters such as "Turn-on's and Turn-off's" and " The Tools", and also grouped under heading such as " You use it, you lose it" and "Sometimes you CAN try to hard". All and all, this book is well put together, researched, and very fun and easy to read. Did you know that there were brothels for women to enjoy men? Well, read this book and you'll find out!!!!Now, here comes the picky part. The only glaring fact in this book, that I know to be untrue is: Henry VIII had Syphilis! Henry VIII DID NOT HAVE SYPHILIS!!!!! I have studied this man and his wives for years, and read many, many old and new bio's on them. The most popular, and common cure for this disease for centuries was mercury. Of course, mercury is deadley and the cure was often worse (death) then living with the disease. But, in the annuls of history, there has never been any physical indication that Henry had syphilis, or mercury poisioning (which would have occured if he had taken "the cure".) He lived to be nearly 57, an old age at that time (he did have health problems, including a very badly infected leg begining in his late 30's. But nothing that would lead anyone to think he had syphilis) and had ruled for 38 of those years. Syphilis is also a disease that is easily transfered to ones spouse and children. But, none (even before Anne and Kat's beheading's) of his wives ever showed any signs of the disease or the repercusions of the cure. Nor did his three legitament children, and his bastard son by Bessy Blout(for that matter, neither did his mistresses, Bess or Anne's sister Mary.) Queen Mary I died of cancer in her 40's, but never had it, Elizabeth I reigned for nearly 45 years and never showed any health issues that would result from parental transfer, and Edward died of TB, having never been a strong child (but not as a result of parental transfer syphilis.It has been a common rumor for years that Henry had it, only because most men at this time did pick it up from prostitues and transfer it to wives and children. But, Henry never showed signs of it or mercury posioning to cure it. Now, it is true when the author says Francois I of France had it, but that's another story!!!!

This book could have been called "The Rise and Fall of Human Sexuality" - reading this book I'm amazed how far (down) we've come in our tolerance for sexual expression. The simple fact that it took so long for someone to finally write a wonderful book like this is proof enough. Full of facts and trivia about sex through the centuries (or should I say millennia? Actually it goes even farther back than that, but I don't know the word for a 1,000,000 year period... A micronium?) this book will really open your eyes to what the Romans, Egyptians, and people of other cultures and times thought of as "acceptable" sex. I'll bet you anything that it's not what you think or expect... Wonderfully penned, with wit and style, this book is a joy to read (it's especially enjoyable reading it in bed out-loud to your significant other...) and I highly recommend it to anyone who's ever had sex or was the product of it. I think that includes just about everyone... :)

A great sit down book, I wasn't looking for the great novel, just an entertaining book. I was pleasantly surprised when I found it was loaded with facts also. It's easy to jump around from chapter and page enjoying the wit and discovering new facts as I go.