For millennia man sheltered himself and his family in caves, or huts, or one-room hovels. The whole extended family—grandparents, parents, and children—all huddled together around the warmth of a single fire, within the protection of a single wall. And for thousands of years sex between a husband and wife could generally take place only at night, in the darkness, in this crowded central room. I once interviewed a woman who grew up in an American Gypsy family, sleeping in a big communal tent with aunts, uncles, grandparents, parents, cousins, brothers, and sisters all around her. As a young
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