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Haeberle's The Sex Atlas

hich he seems to have the most trouble is in trying to convey any sense of how other cultures, such as the Greeks and other ancient peoples, viewed sexuality. He cites, for example, the belief in divine possession by Eros (which it would be "sacrilege" to resist) as one reason why the Greeks (all Greeks?) were so tolerant and there was "no persecution of sexual 'deviants'" (323). The degree to which this was, however, an every-day belief that affected people's behavior is not discussed and it strikes the reader as naive to assume that possession by the god was taken too seriously as an ordinary consideration governing sexual behavior. He then goes on to add another reason for the lack of persecution: "At any rate, most of our modern, more bizarre manifestations of human sexuality were virtually unknown. For instance, pain and pleasure were never associated, and thus sexual cruelty, 'bondage and discipline,' and other suc

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Haeberle's The Sex Atlas. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 09:00, July 16, 2025, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1689419.html