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Until the 17th century, Dabhoiwala argues, strict policing of personal morality (see Iran or Saudi Arabia today) was a European norm.
With Enlightenment, toleration slowly took root. So erotic choice required an intellectual revolution.
From brothel-keeping to sodomy trials, Restoration libertines to Georgian feminists, his book matches incisive scholarship with humane sensitivity.
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