The Humble Little Condom

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.

出版者:Prometheus Books

作者:Aine Collier

页数:371

出版时间:2007-10-30

价格:USD 18.99

装帧:Paperback

isbn号码:9781591025566

图书标签:科普历史趣味英文原版文化性english材料

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.

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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...

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法国教会曾倡导妇女在家生孩子，以便对抗德国在经济和军事上的威胁，服务于生产需求。教会和国家在性政治领域达成了一种非正式的联合，一直维持到1950年代后期，尽管鼓励多生的政策引起人们对母亲职责和生育孩子的敌意，但法国直到1967年才恢复销售避孕工具。

涨姿势。