FLICK: The Story of Female Pleasure

FLICK is a rousing history of women enjoying sex: sex with themselves, sex with each other, and occasionally sex with men as well. Meet the women throughout history who, quite literally, came before us. From the host of award-winning History Hit podcast Betwixt the Sheets. 'Flicking excellent . . . Kate Lister is a goddess.' DR LUCY WORSLEY 'This eye-opening account of how women's pleasure has been controlled throught time is thought provoking and intrepid...an excellent, spiky book.' TELEGRAPH 'Unique, brilliant, gripping and unforgettable.' PROF KATE WILLIAMS There is a common misconception that before modern day feminism, women throughout history simply lay back and thought of England or their respective place of origin; that the modern sex positive movement is a radical break from the past. But women demanding better sex did not arrive with free love or the Rampant Rabbit. It has been a very long fight indeed. From Ancient Mesopotamian sex goddesses to the contraceptive pill, Kate Lister takes us through history to show us how women s sexual pleasure was controlled, understood and thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed.