The Most Feared Sex Act In History
5/26/202631 min
It’s got many names: giving head, going down, eating out, dining at the Y, muff diving.
Why has cunnilingus been stigmatised and feared so consistently throughout history?! When the Kama Sutra is turning its back on it, you know something is up.
Today is a special solo episode where Kate takes you through the history of cunnilingus, to find out why this sex act has been so insulting, demonised and feared.
This episode a special celebration of Kate's new book, Flick: The Story of Female Pleasure, which is published on May 28th. Pre-order your copy here: https://linktr.ee/FlickDrKateLister.
Edited by Hannah Feodorov. Producer by Stuart Beckwith. The senior producer was Freddy Chick.
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First 90 secondsKate Lister· Host0:00
Do you want even more shocking and scandalous history? Like why the ancient Greek statues had such small manhoods, or what went on behind closed doors in the Georgian era. Well, sign up to History Hit, where you can see me discover the scandalous side of history, as well as hundreds of hours of original documentaries, plus new releases every week, covering everything from prehistoric Scotland to the Treaty of Versailles. Sign up to join me in locations around the world and explore the past. Just visit historyhit.com/subscribe. Hello, my lovely Betwixtors. It's me, Kate Lister. Welcome back once again to Betwixt the Sheets. Hello. How are you doing? Long time no see. Sit your fine ass down. But before we go any further together, I do have to tell you, once again, this is an adult podcast spoken by adults to other adults about adulty things in an adulty way, covering a range of adult subjects, and you should be an adult too. And we're actually being extra spicy today because we're talking about an obscene sex act. So get your pearls ready to be clutched. Right. Let's get on with this, shall we? [upbeat music] It's got many names: giving head, going down, eating out, dining at the Y, muff diving, and my most, most favorite, sneezing in the cabbage. I am, of course, talking about cunnilingus, and I have spent an eye-watering amount of time researching this particular sex act for my new