Nymphomania: A History
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Nymphomania: A History (2000) is a book by historian Carol Groneman in which she demonstrates that the terms satyriasis and nymphomania no longer apply with any accuracy as psychological or legal categories of psychological disorder.
From the publisher:
- Nymphomania—organic disease, psychological disorder, legal construct, and locker-room joke. Throughout history, it's been all these and more. Today images of sexually available women permeate our culture, and curiosity about nymphomania appears to be as insatiable as the stereotypical nymphomaniac herself. Carol Groneman follows the idea of nymphomania over the last two hundred years, unraveling questions about how much is too much sex for women—and who decides.
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