French Pelvic Douche – A lovely (and popular) form of hydrotherapy explored by Maines in The Technology of Orgasm. Photo: wikicommons

Well, I don’t know know about you, but when I’m confined to my room with all nature of unpleasant symptoms due to an encounter with tainted cheese dip I catch up on my reading! Yes, I got exactly what I deserved for eating cheese in Georgia when I was just a few hours away from lactose utopia. I actually read this on the plane to and from the wonderful 99th annual AAFCS conference, held in the land of delightfully untainted dairy: Wisconsin. Enough dairy, enough travel! I will tell you what I learned about orgasms from this dense yet readable and oh-so-worthwhile history of woman’s best friend!

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