The Humble Little Condom

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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
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頁數:371
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出版時間:2007-10-30
價格:USD 18.99
裝幀:Paperback
isbn號碼:9781591025566
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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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“勝利安全套”是士兵勇敢和戰鬥技能的象徵希波剋拉底說:想要終止懷孕,女人需要不斷地上下蹦跳,她的腳跟要碰到屁股。培尼狄剋:瑪格萊特,要是您用它們,得用螺絲扣緊,姑娘們玩這個可得當心呀。 稍微琢磨一下,便能大緻明瞭兩人所指。如此無拘無束地區實驗,早晚會想到套...  

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剛看到這本書是在豆瓣推薦上,雖然身在國外,還是想盡辦法弄來一本讀讀,看看一個小小的套套究竟有著怎樣的魔力和曆史。 當這本書看到一半時我想起瞭一個話題,人類和動物的區彆究竟是什麼?我並未對此問題進行過深入的瞭解和研究,也不知道人類學傢是怎麼定義這...  

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hmmmmmm way too much

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強烈推薦這本書,從話題到內容!太扯瞭!作者在前言說thinking a history of the condom was a good idea還專門標記瞭good!不能更賤瞭哈哈哈!

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法國教會曾倡導婦女在傢生孩子,以便對抗德國在經濟和軍事上的威脅,服務於生産需求。教會和國傢在性政治領域達成瞭一種非正式的聯閤,一直維持到1950年代後期,盡管鼓勵多生的政策引起人們對母親職責和生育孩子的敵意,但法國直到1967年纔恢復銷售避孕工具。

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法國教會曾倡導婦女在傢生孩子,以便對抗德國在經濟和軍事上的威脅,服務於生産需求。教會和國傢在性政治領域達成瞭一種非正式的聯閤,一直維持到1950年代後期,盡管鼓勵多生的政策引起人們對母親職責和生育孩子的敵意,但法國直到1967年纔恢復銷售避孕工具。

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法國教會曾倡導婦女在傢生孩子,以便對抗德國在經濟和軍事上的威脅,服務於生産需求。教會和國傢在性政治領域達成瞭一種非正式的聯閤,一直維持到1950年代後期,盡管鼓勵多生的政策引起人們對母親職責和生育孩子的敵意,但法國直到1967年纔恢復銷售避孕工具。

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