Here’s What Sex Education Was Like In The 17th Century

People have always wondered about sex , and as literacy became more widespread over the course of the 17th century in England , books appear to feed that peculiarity .

One of the most popular was Aristotle ’s Complete Masterpiece , first write in 1684 , and republish and repackaged in scores of version through at least the 1850s . Needless to say , the record was not by Aristotle ; the strange generator simply used that name to make the book seem more licit . Aimed at the young mass grocery of readers , the text mixes “ fact about the organic structure ” amass from earlier books with folk knowledge and wild rumors .

It was a popular “ marriage manual ” — more for its data about manlike and female sexual build and the progress of pregnancy than for any expressed description of social intercourse . presumptively , the writer thought you could compute that out for yourself .

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Here ’s a sample :

On conception — in which the writer sets forth the then - wild musical theme that both sexuality have something to do with make a baby :

valet consists of an egg , which is infuse in the testicles of the fair sex , by the more subtle part of the man ’s seed ; but the forming faculty and virtue in the seed , is a godlike gift , it being copiously endow with a full of life spirit , which gives sap and mould to the embryo …

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On female anatomy — in which the writer shows that , yes , people did bed the button was for before 1964 :

The clytoris is a substance in the upper part of this class where the two annexe concur , and it is the rear end of venereal pleasure , being like a M in situation , substance , composition , and erection ; uprise out of the body sometimes two inches , but that never happens unless through extreme lust or over-the-top accidents .

you may read it yourself : severaleditionsareavailable online .

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