Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2026-05-21
Books mentioned on Part One: The Orgasm Cult
Robert sits down with Jamie Loftus to weave the half-century long history of orgasm cults in the U.S.
Robert Evans discussed Constantini Liber de coitu by Constantine the African and Scivias by Hildegard Saint and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Constantini Liber de coitu
Discussed“And there were even monks and nuns who published work that was explicitly about sex. One example was Constantine the African, a 12th-century figure who wrote a book about sex, De Coitu, on sexual intercourse.”
Where to get it
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Scivias
Discussed“She publishes a bunch of books. And one of them is called Scivias et Curae. And it contains what is generally agreed to be the oldest description of a woman having an orgasm written by a woman, right?”
Where to get it
