Aine Collier, EdD, is an assistant professor of English at the University of Maryland University College. She holds degrees in European history, international business, and English education. She has been a historian for the Hughes Flying Boat Museum and a 1932 Olympics archival project, as well as an oral historian for a series of interviews with famous figures from the peace movements of the 1930s and 1960s.
One of the most basic—and ancient—forms of birth control is the condom. Utilized by all cultures for millennia, and referred to by many colorful euphemisms, it has featured in the lives, loves, and letters of some of the most famous men in history. Shakespeare, Casanova, George Bernard Shaw, to mention only a few, all appreciated and wrote about the importance of using "preventatives." Aine Collier provides a unique glimpse into human sexual habits, customs, beliefs, and attitudes in this first history of the prophylactic device that goes back to at least the ancient Egyptians. As she amply demonstrates, the story of this humble piece of paraphernalia is full of intriguing insights into human character with all its flaws and foibles as well as many fascinating historical details:
• Clergymen of the Middle Ages left records of birth control methods that "worked."
• Columbus’s men returned from the New World infected with the "Great Pox" (syphilis) leading to the rediscovery of the condom as a disease preventative.
• Sixteenth-century Italian anatomist Gabriello Fallopio (discoverer of the Fallopian tube) should be considered the father of the modern condom; he was the first to add a pink ribbon to his sheaths, a flourish that remained standard for centuries.
• When women had few choices in the world of commerce, a significant number found a legitimate and profitable business niche producing and selling sheaths.
• During the Great Depression, while other businesses went bankrupt, condom manufacturers found themselves doing a booming trade throughout the 1930s, one of Wall Street’s few successes. Sadly, it was cheaper to pay 25 cents for a rubber than to have children.
• German gummis were acknowledged to be the finest in the world, until the Nazis made them illegal, fearing Jewish doctors had coerced innocent Germans into using them as birth control.
• AIDS has brought the condom full circle. Not for the first time in history has the little device been vilified as a promoter of dirty, illicit sex and lauded as a life-saving device.
Thoroughly researched yet presented in a witty, enjoyable style, The Humble Little Condom is both an entertaining read and an educational, impeccably researched popular history.
中国卖给非洲劣质套套,尺寸也不够,真令人遗憾。很早便开始探索避孕技术,其中怪招不少,比如涂抹蝙蝠粪便、牛粪等,乃至食用水银,古希腊人发明了在男性生殖器官上打绳结的妙招,这个绳结还成了运动员的标志,其神圣性大概相当于现代奥运的五环。如此无拘无束地区实验,早晚...
评分图书对套套的发展给予了描述,挺不错的。 将涉及到的品牌都做了介绍,印象很深的就是性感的“美人鱼”。在其发展过程中,各阶段的经历、名人都进行了描述。当然还有它的材料制作呀?广告呀?赞扬声呀?反对的态度等等。 只是感觉还是少了些啥,理论太多,看起来好累。既然是进...
评分我第一次接触安全套,就见识了它爆炸式的威力。当时我还未成年,看到大人们用它盛放雷管,然后在河里引爆,巨响过后,炸出一大片翻着白肚皮的淡水鱼。 请给我量身定制一个安全套,谢谢。 ——如果回到一个多世纪以前,今天一些自命不凡的、总是嫌安全套太小的绅士,或许可以像...
评分看这本书绝对是因为猎奇。同事买了这个书,大家都觉得好玩啊,套套怎么是卑微的呢?太奇怪了! 虽然此前在超市等若干地方看到过套套,也知道杜蕾斯的大名,但是第一次接触套套还是因为《认识性学》这本书。 2 个老美作者远道而来,我们跟译者团队 —— 爱白...
强烈推荐这本书,从话题到内容!太扯了!作者在前言说thinking a history of the condom was a good idea还专门标记了good!不能更贱了哈哈哈!
评分强烈推荐这本书,从话题到内容!太扯了!作者在前言说thinking a history of the condom was a good idea还专门标记了good!不能更贱了哈哈哈!
评分强烈推荐这本书,从话题到内容!太扯了!作者在前言说thinking a history of the condom was a good idea还专门标记了good!不能更贱了哈哈哈!
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评分强烈推荐这本书,从话题到内容!太扯了!作者在前言说thinking a history of the condom was a good idea还专门标记了good!不能更贱了哈哈哈!
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