Victorian Vices
Ahhh..sin was so much more fun then !
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t may be hard to come out and admit to your friends that you like spanking or bondage now, but what was it like 100 years ago? The ideas of our victorian forebears about sex seem a little eccentric .. not to say barking mad at times. Amazingly enough, the extracts on this page are all genuine exchanges between worried Victorians and their ‘enlightened doctors’. We really dread to think what these Victorian worthies would have made of the BDSM Cafe
Once a Month is Quite Enough !
..On the supression of carnal desire in men and women
Is the woman who submits to Unbridled Desire henceforward condemned in her Moral Nature?
“Most definitely. No maiden is safe who does not turn with loathing from the slightest indelicate suggestion, or regard the man who would venture to break through her native purity as her sworn foe”
What are the causes of sexual excess in men ?
“Excessive sexual tendancies amongst men are generally the result of early self-pollution, later illicit relations, revelling in vile stories, nude pictures, the reading of suggestive novels, the polluting of the imagination, and abuse of the marriage bed”
Will my Intellectual Development be fostered by the Careful Conservation of Sexual Fluid ?
“Yes indeed ! Avoid all loss of sexual fluid, either in the form of emissions or even in the form of lawful sexual intercourse. Every man should, by vigorous physical exercise, judicious diet, and regular bathing seek to reduce sexual emissions to the absolute minimum”
Does the amount of Nervous Energy expended by the Male in Sexual Congress advise against Frequent Repetition ?
“Undoubtedly ! The amount of nervous energy expended by the male in the act of sexual congress is very great and out of all proportion to the physical results and benefits to be had from the action. It is an act not too often to be repeated”
Ladies do NOT Indulge !
..Concerning the solitary vice (masturbation)
Will the practice of dashing Cold Water upon the Lower Organs assist in overcoming The Evil Habit of Nocturnal Emissions ?
“It may indeed help. Where nocturnal emissions of sexual fluid occur too often it will be found beneficial to stand a bowl upon the floor and then, with the body placed in a sitting position over it, the cold water should be dashed freely over the sex organs night and morning”
Does the Solitary Vice bring Madness in its Train ?
“The evidence is clear. A search in any insane asylum will show that a large proportion of patients are made up from those who masturbate!”
Are the Temptations of the Solitary Vice not Compounded by the Creation of the Human Hand ?
“Indubitably. Without the hand it would be impossible for man to wage war, commit murder, or pollute his own body by indulging in the Solitary Vice”
Will my Life Insurance Rates be affected by my Helpless Indulgence in the Solitary Vice ?
“Yes indeed. Through the prevalence of this unwholesome indulgence, the average life-value of a young man at twenty-five, as tested by the infallible test of the insurance tables, is only half that of a boy of fourteen”
What Recourse is Open to Bridegrooms who have Practised the Solitary Vice ?
“Sadly there is little recourse to be had and the prospect is bleak. I know of a defiled bridegroom who I advised that he should not marry when he enquired of me about his indulgence in the Solitary Vice. Filled with consternation and remorse as a result of our conversation he took himself down to the railway on his bridal morning and threw himself in front of the approaching train. He was cut to pieces and the girl who waited for his coming sickened and died. I fear he brought it all upon himself by giving way to the Solitary Vice”
