Can the orgasm be explained in historical terms? An almost
incommunicable individual emotion yet also a cultural reality, the
orgasm is part of, but also escapes, collective experience. The
history of the orgasm is that of the hidden body, of forbidden
desires, of flesh constrained by taboos and morality. Buried deep
in archives and libraries, the documents that shed light on this
physical, sometimes libertine, life are nevertheless surprisingly
plentiful and have a surprisingly evocative charge. Robert
Muchembled's book unearths fascinating sources which suggest that
we need to look with a fresh eye at the past and realize that the
sublimation of the erotic impulse was far more than simple
religious asceticism: it was the hidden driving force of the West
until the 1960s.
In the sphere of sexual pleasure, England and France have
followed parallel paths. The United States remains deeply
influenced by this common repressive model, which hedonist Europe
has recently abandoned in favour of a malleable sexuality of which
woman are the chief beneficiaries. Liberated by the pill from the
dangers and anxieties associated with the obligations of
reproduction, they can now claim equality with men and
uninhibitedly claim pleasure and the orgasm for themselves.
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