Jon Knowles
@howsexgotscrewedup.bsky.social
#HistSex
"How Sex Got Screwed Up"
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"How Sex Got Screwed Up"
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DYK most early US #BirthControl clinics were clandestine & illegal? #MargaretSanger traveled cross country in the 1920s & urged doctors & women’s clubs to open clinics—nearly 30 in 6 years. Most were in the East & Midwest. The founder of one in St. Paul put it this way:
December 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
DYK most early US #BirthControl clinics were clandestine & illegal? #MargaretSanger traveled cross country in the 1920s & urged doctors & women’s clubs to open clinics—nearly 30 in 6 years. Most were in the East & Midwest. The founder of one in St. Paul put it this way:
DYK early “strippers” usually undressed down to a body stocking? It wasn’t until the ‘30s that they took off everything down to G-string & pasties. “Stripping” happened clasp by clasp & hook by hook but more abruptly than “teasing”.
#SexWork
#SexWork
December 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
DYK early “strippers” usually undressed down to a body stocking? It wasn’t until the ‘30s that they took off everything down to G-string & pasties. “Stripping” happened clasp by clasp & hook by hook but more abruptly than “teasing”.
#SexWork
#SexWork
DYK many writers took issue w/the early Christian put down of same-sex intercourse? Some were equally silly & severe. Here, for example, is a misogynist little ditty. It is from the ancient “Anthologia Palatina”, which became known as “The Greek Anthology”:
December 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
DYK many writers took issue w/the early Christian put down of same-sex intercourse? Some were equally silly & severe. Here, for example, is a misogynist little ditty. It is from the ancient “Anthologia Palatina”, which became known as “The Greek Anthology”:
DYK being out of the closet was dangerous even for the 19thC wealthy & acclaimed in places such as Britain? A same-sex scandal forced its richest, William Thomas Beckford (d.1844) to retreat from society. He lived mostly walled up w/his harem of boys in his 6,000-acre estate.
December 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
DYK being out of the closet was dangerous even for the 19thC wealthy & acclaimed in places such as Britain? A same-sex scandal forced its richest, William Thomas Beckford (d.1844) to retreat from society. He lived mostly walled up w/his harem of boys in his 6,000-acre estate.
DYK by 1255, hatred of #sodomy spread to Spain when King Alfonso X, “the Wise,” of Castile proclaimed authorities should hang sodomites by the legs until dead & let the corpse rot in place forever. If a guy committed #bestiality, the animal had to die too. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
DYK by 1255, hatred of #sodomy spread to Spain when King Alfonso X, “the Wise,” of Castile proclaimed authorities should hang sodomites by the legs until dead & let the corpse rot in place forever. If a guy committed #bestiality, the animal had to die too. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
DYK Pope #GregoryIX’s 1233 “Vox in Rama” declared that heresy, obscenity, promiscuity, #sodomy, witchcraft were all one in the same. Anyone guilty of one was guilty of all. Inquisitors soon began to uncovering Luciferian sects all over Europe.
#QueerHistory #bestiality
#QueerHistory #bestiality
December 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
DYK Pope #GregoryIX’s 1233 “Vox in Rama” declared that heresy, obscenity, promiscuity, #sodomy, witchcraft were all one in the same. Anyone guilty of one was guilty of all. Inquisitors soon began to uncovering Luciferian sects all over Europe.
#QueerHistory #bestiality
#QueerHistory #bestiality
DYK a manly ancient Roman guy had to appear indifferent to #SexualPleasure? The male #fetus “cooked” longer than a female, so he was “hotter”. Each #ejaculation cooled him. Too many made him #effeminate. Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
DYK a manly ancient Roman guy had to appear indifferent to #SexualPleasure? The male #fetus “cooked” longer than a female, so he was “hotter”. Each #ejaculation cooled him. Too many made him #effeminate. Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
DYK Christianity is syncretic & borrowed heavily from other religions? The image of #MadonnaAndChild was first that of #EgyptianGoddessIsis w/infant son #Horus in her arms. Catholics adapted it to draw Isis worshippers to their church. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist
December 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
DYK Christianity is syncretic & borrowed heavily from other religions? The image of #MadonnaAndChild was first that of #EgyptianGoddessIsis w/infant son #Horus in her arms. Catholics adapted it to draw Isis worshippers to their church. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist
DYK #ChristineJorgensen was the first U.S. #TransWoman to confirm her gender w/surgery? Her secret leaked to the press & she became a celebrity. Why are her #BlackSisters murdered today? Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #TransHistory
December 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
DYK #ChristineJorgensen was the first U.S. #TransWoman to confirm her gender w/surgery? Her secret leaked to the press & she became a celebrity. Why are her #BlackSisters murdered today? Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #TransHistory
DYK 16thC Thomas Sánchez put brakes on the meaning of “conjugal intercourse”, warning that lapsing from the #MissionaryPosition was wrong & was all women’s fault:
“Mulier supra virum, or the woman on top of the man in sexual matters is contrary to the order of nature.
“Mulier supra virum, or the woman on top of the man in sexual matters is contrary to the order of nature.
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
DYK 16thC Thomas Sánchez put brakes on the meaning of “conjugal intercourse”, warning that lapsing from the #MissionaryPosition was wrong & was all women’s fault:
“Mulier supra virum, or the woman on top of the man in sexual matters is contrary to the order of nature.
“Mulier supra virum, or the woman on top of the man in sexual matters is contrary to the order of nature.
DYK 1900 men looked for male #SexWorkers on Broadway in NYC & the Presidio in San Francisco? From the ‘40s to the ‘70s, authorities considered young men who did it as straight, innocent victims of male “perverts” & state agencies tried to keep boys from selling sex.
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
DYK 1900 men looked for male #SexWorkers on Broadway in NYC & the Presidio in San Francisco? From the ‘40s to the ‘70s, authorities considered young men who did it as straight, innocent victims of male “perverts” & state agencies tried to keep boys from selling sex.
DYK 1000s of women #CrossDressed to join crusades beginning in 1095? Many were #lesbian. Many were #trans. But only men could serve among the troops. They imitated guys to enjoy their prerogatives. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #QueerHistory #WmnHist
December 22, 2025 at 3:24 PM
DYK 1000s of women #CrossDressed to join crusades beginning in 1095? Many were #lesbian. Many were #trans. But only men could serve among the troops. They imitated guys to enjoy their prerogatives. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #QueerHistory #WmnHist
DYK some doctors still change the #gender of boys born w/a “#micropenis”, about 1/4 inch or less? They cut it & testes off, fashion a #vagina, & the guy will never have an #orgasm! Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #DickSize #PenisSize
December 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
DYK some doctors still change the #gender of boys born w/a “#micropenis”, about 1/4 inch or less? They cut it & testes off, fashion a #vagina, & the guy will never have an #orgasm! Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #DickSize #PenisSize
DYK in 1587, Pope #SixtusV decreed that #SexPlay had to be open to & capable of procreation—“generationi aptum”. This meant that every ejaculation must occur in a woman’s vagina. All other kinds of sex play, from #AnalSex to #zoophilia became grave sins. #StillDoctrine
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
DYK in 1587, Pope #SixtusV decreed that #SexPlay had to be open to & capable of procreation—“generationi aptum”. This meant that every ejaculation must occur in a woman’s vagina. All other kinds of sex play, from #AnalSex to #zoophilia became grave sins. #StillDoctrine
DYK #MartinLuther rejected clerical celibacy, but he advanced Catholic customs of #homophobia, #patriarchy, #sexism & #CorporalPunishment. Along w/#antiSemitism, he advanced #Islamaphobia w/accusations of #sodomy, including #QueerSex & #bestiality. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
DYK #MartinLuther rejected clerical celibacy, but he advanced Catholic customs of #homophobia, #patriarchy, #sexism & #CorporalPunishment. Along w/#antiSemitism, he advanced #Islamaphobia w/accusations of #sodomy, including #QueerSex & #bestiality. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
DYK stone workers carved #SheelaNaGig, grotesques of the vulva, into #NormanChurches to make Catholics fear their genitals & the “#sin” of #SexualPleasure? They also carved #phallic & other sexual grotesques. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
DYK stone workers carved #SheelaNaGig, grotesques of the vulva, into #NormanChurches to make Catholics fear their genitals & the “#sin” of #SexualPleasure? They also carved #phallic & other sexual grotesques. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
DYK early 6thC Frankish King #ClovisI’s #LexSalica made it difficult for anyone to get away from family? People had no right to be protected by law unless they were part of a family! Alone on the road they were fair game. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
DYK early 6thC Frankish King #ClovisI’s #LexSalica made it difficult for anyone to get away from family? People had no right to be protected by law unless they were part of a family! Alone on the road they were fair game. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
DYK Carol Cassell says this #HistSex, HOW SEX GOT SCREWED UP, is “…a masterpiece about “…why we feel and act the way we do about sex” from the #StoneAge to #MeToo? HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GayMarriage #QueerHistory #QueerSex #SexWork #TrumpKKKristian #WmnHist #Zoophilia
December 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
DYK Carol Cassell says this #HistSex, HOW SEX GOT SCREWED UP, is “…a masterpiece about “…why we feel and act the way we do about sex” from the #StoneAge to #MeToo? HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GayMarriage #QueerHistory #QueerSex #SexWork #TrumpKKKristian #WmnHist #Zoophilia
NEW BLOG on the fearful history of attitudes about masturbation in the West — thousands of years of shameful myth.
“Pleasing Ourselves—Solo Sex, or the Heinous Sin of Self Pollution”
Blog 9 howsexgotscrewedup.com #masturbation #SoloSex
Take a look!
“Pleasing Ourselves—Solo Sex, or the Heinous Sin of Self Pollution”
Blog 9 howsexgotscrewedup.com #masturbation #SoloSex
Take a look!
December 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW BLOG on the fearful history of attitudes about masturbation in the West — thousands of years of shameful myth.
“Pleasing Ourselves—Solo Sex, or the Heinous Sin of Self Pollution”
Blog 9 howsexgotscrewedup.com #masturbation #SoloSex
Take a look!
“Pleasing Ourselves—Solo Sex, or the Heinous Sin of Self Pollution”
Blog 9 howsexgotscrewedup.com #masturbation #SoloSex
Take a look!
DYK #AmbroiseParé stood up for foreplay when most did not? To give pleasure to his wife, a husband
“shall creepe in little by little, intermixing more wanton kisses with wanton words & speeches, handling her secret parts & dugs, that she may take fire"
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
“shall creepe in little by little, intermixing more wanton kisses with wanton words & speeches, handling her secret parts & dugs, that she may take fire"
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
DYK #AmbroiseParé stood up for foreplay when most did not? To give pleasure to his wife, a husband
“shall creepe in little by little, intermixing more wanton kisses with wanton words & speeches, handling her secret parts & dugs, that she may take fire"
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
“shall creepe in little by little, intermixing more wanton kisses with wanton words & speeches, handling her secret parts & dugs, that she may take fire"
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
DYK #SusanBAnthony was a prude? She didn't believe #coitus was important in marriage. She believed in #VoluntaryMotherhood: having coitus to only have a child. #BirthControl was an exploitation of women. #TrumpKKKristians exploit her. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist
December 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
DYK #SusanBAnthony was a prude? She didn't believe #coitus was important in marriage. She believed in #VoluntaryMotherhood: having coitus to only have a child. #BirthControl was an exploitation of women. #TrumpKKKristians exploit her. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist
DYK #PlinytheElder (d.79) taught to stave off puberty by drinking bat’s blood or the testicle blood of castrated lambs mixed w/ants’ eggs? For #BirthControl, women could wear a deerskin w/2 little worms from inside the head of a hairy spider. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist
December 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
DYK #PlinytheElder (d.79) taught to stave off puberty by drinking bat’s blood or the testicle blood of castrated lambs mixed w/ants’ eggs? For #BirthControl, women could wear a deerskin w/2 little worms from inside the head of a hairy spider. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #WmnHist
DYK the 300 #Spartans depicted in the film “300” were, in life, all #GayGuys & lovers? Ancient Greeks believed troops fought better w/lovers at their side. The 300 led 7,000 Greeks who held off 360,000 Persians at Thermopylae for 2 days. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory
December 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
DYK the 300 #Spartans depicted in the film “300” were, in life, all #GayGuys & lovers? Ancient Greeks believed troops fought better w/lovers at their side. The 300 led 7,000 Greeks who held off 360,000 Persians at Thermopylae for 2 days. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory
DYK 2ndC Lucian of Samosta, Clement of Alexandria, Ptolemy, & rabbis in their Sifra commentaries all described Roman marriage between two women? A funeral sculpture from 27–14 BCE celebrates two freed women clasping their right hands in the gesture of a couple at their wedding.
December 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
DYK 2ndC Lucian of Samosta, Clement of Alexandria, Ptolemy, & rabbis in their Sifra commentaries all described Roman marriage between two women? A funeral sculpture from 27–14 BCE celebrates two freed women clasping their right hands in the gesture of a couple at their wedding.
DYK the stronger #SexDrive of smarter animals overcomes fear of risks of mating? A male praying mantis is eaten & female bowerbird is gravely beaten after sex. Salmon expire! We ignore risks of pregnancy, punishment, scorn, & STIs. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory #zoophilia
December 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
DYK the stronger #SexDrive of smarter animals overcomes fear of risks of mating? A male praying mantis is eaten & female bowerbird is gravely beaten after sex. Salmon expire! We ignore risks of pregnancy, punishment, scorn, & STIs. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory #zoophilia