We have already met the fellatrice: the fricatrice, her younger sister, concentrates on rubbing the male genitals - which can be nice. The Jewesses of North Africa are supposed to have enjoyed a reputation for this sort of thing. Such females were also found among the inhabitants of Lesbos and were described by Catullus as standing at crossways and in alleys "to jerk off the high-souled sons of Rome." In eighteenth century France the skilled fricatrice was well-known. In the United States, by contrast, "the fricatrice has never enjoyed any vogue. Practical

F. Hugues (d'Hancarville): From Monuments of the Secret Cult of Roman Ladies, Rome, 1787.

This form of cannibalism has featured in a number of court cases. Ornella Volta gives us a number of graphic cases in which cannibalism has been linked to sexual pleasure. Gilles Garnier killed a young girl with his hands and teeth, and took a piece of her flesh home to his wife. A certain Andrea Bichel murdered little girls and was recorded as saying, "as I tore open their chests I was so excited that I wanted to tear off a piece of flesh and eat it." Tirsch boiled human flesh before eating it, and Antoine Leger ate it raw. The following court dialogue has been quoted by Volta

Not many women fantasise about sexual contact with animals. In the Kinsey survey only one per cent of women masturbated while fantasising about animals. Four times as many as this had sadomasochistic fantasies during "self-stimulation."

There have been many sadistic inventions: the mediaeval torture chambers were full of them. We need not give a list here. Suffice it to mention that the inquisitors, with full theological sanction, thought it proper to introduce a clamp specially devised for the torture of pregnant women. In more recent times, electrical generators have been used on all parts of the bodies of men and women. And Chapman Pincher mentions (in "Sex in Our Time") a pair of binoculars in the Black Museum of Scotland Yard - "These were sent anonymously through the post

Prostitution in China is certainly as old as human life in that part of the world. But as a thorough-going institutionalised form it can first be dated to the Feudal Period of 841-221 B.C. At that time the aristocracy keep huge numbers of courtesans, paid companions, actors and musicians, not merely for use but as status symbols. The courtesans were chosen for abilities which could be sexual, musical, poetic, etc.

The lowest international incidence of incest is one per million per year. In the United States, Weinberg has reported incidences ranging from 1.2 cases per million in 1910 to 1.1 per million in 1930. It has been shown that incest frequency diminishes during war and increases during postwar periods. The crime is infrequent in all types of societies - some communities (e.g. the Mormons) and some primitive races have permitted incestuous unions. It has also prevailed historically in the social elites of many countries.

Child prostitution has always existed in history. Temple harlots were as young as six and seven; and in China boys as young as four years were trained "in the fine art of passive pederasty;" girl and boy brothels were common in the ancient world and in more modern times also. The Chinese boy prostitutes were sanctified by Tcheou-Wang, God of Sodomy. Without doubt the youngest prostitutes of all were the babies in the brothels of ancient Rome. It has been noted that "sucking babes" were introduced into the brothels. The Emperor Domitian was praised

Charles Monnet (1732-1808), The Flagellation of the Penitents. Engraved by d'Ambrun

Men have always been keen to detect adultery in their wives - or, by means of chastity belts, etc., to prevent them the opportunity. Some odd ways of discovering the unfaithful wife have been invented.