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In his 1930 work on Male Disorders of Sex, Kenneth Walker blithely claimed that in cases of marital infertility, the doctor 'no longer starts with the assumption that the wife is to blame' and that 'for the proper solution of the problem an examination of both is required'. This was a very sanguine view not substantiated by the evidence. Even if the possibility of testing the husband's sperm was k

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	Sex, Gender and Social Change in Britain since 1880 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hidden Anxieties: Male Sexuality, 1900–1950 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outspoken Women: An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870-1969 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Naomi Mitchison: A Profile of Her Life and Work 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Times of Stella Browne: Feminist and Free Spirit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex, Sin and Suffering: Venereal Disease and European Society since 1870 by Lesley A. Hall (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Roger Davidson (Editor) 1.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sex and the Gender Revolution, Volume One: Heterosexuality and the Third Gender in Enlightenment London.(Review) (book review): An article from: Canadian Journal of History 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pragmatic Randomised Control Trial of Outreach Visiting as a Strategy to Implement Guidelines for the Eradication of Helicobacter Pylori Primary Care, ... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Listening to Clinicians: Using a Qualitative Approach to Explore Factors Which Influence the Uptake of New Evidence by Health Care Professionals by Lesley A. Hall (Goodreads Author), Martin Eccles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Case Study of an Inter-professional and Inter-organisational Programme to Adapt, Implement and Evaluate Clinical Guidelines for the Risk Assessment and ... by Lesley A. Hall (Goodreads Author), Martin Eccles 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Some Men in London: Queer Life, 1960–1967

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Lesley has read Woman alive by Susan Ertz	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Rather weird - a bit of an outlier as far as women's dystopian fiction of the 1930s goes. Somewhat inconclusive.... ...more
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“He said, 'I like to see some spirit in my women. I like spunk and the fire in the eye. A woman like that is worth having,' but that was before I kicked him in the groin.”
― Carol Emshwiller, Joy In Our Cause: Short Stories

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