Been There, Done That: A Rousing History of Sex

You know you are in for an interesting book when you are on page two and you learn “that only 3 percent of male birds have dicks,” They are not alone, there are many creatures out there who do not genitals that we think of as being traditional instead having a cloaca. I also learned that clownfish are all born male but some “are lucky enough to turn into females.”

In the beginning, she does talk about the animal kingdom, genitals, or lack thereof, mating practices, and sexual cannibalism in certain species. But she then turns to mankind, where she discusses pretty much the same thing – mating practices, when marriage occurred (around 2350 BC in Syria), reproduction, sex, ancient sex toys (bees in a canister), porn (ancient and modern), etc.

There is a lot of information in here and it is presented in a often funny light hearted way. Seriously love letters about farting during sex. I laughed like a fool. Seriously between the unusually large duck penis and ode to farting, I couldn’t stop smiling. The Author did extensive research, and I enjoyed her approach to writing this book.

Did I learn some things – interesting trivia mainly but I found this to be an entertaining, informative and fun read. In the words of George Michael “Sex is natural. Sex is fun.” So is this book!

Thank you to PublicAffairs, Bold Type Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.