The Elusive Female Orgasm with Dan Snow

About this episode

Dan Snow quizzes Kate on the history and nuances of female pleasure and orgasm.

There will be giggling and gasping galore! And that's just when you listen to this episode! Dan Snow quizzes Kate on all things female pleasure. When was the first recorded female orgasm? Has there always been an orgasm gap? And is there any possibility of it closing? Kate's new book is 'FLICK: The Story of Female Pleasure'. This episode was edited by Hannah Feodorov. The producer was Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Guest: Dan Snow

Topics covered

• female orgasm
• female pleasure
• orgasm gap
• history of sex
• scandal
• society

Keywords

• female orgasm
• female pleasure
• orgasm gap
• history
• Dan Snow
• Kate
• FLICK

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Acast

Books & works: FLICK: The Story of Female Pleasure

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