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Doing It! with Hannah Witton

The History of Vibrators, Virginity and Sex with Kate Lister

Doing It! with Hannah Witton

Global Media & Entertainment

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture

4.8651 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

This week, Hannah is joined by Kate Lister, a lecturer at Leeds Trinity who specialises in the history of sexuality and created the popular Whores of Yore platform. They chat about why studying the history of sex is so important, and whether we are now a more sexually liberated society. Kate shares some myths around the history of sex, including around the invention of vibrators, and why ideas around virginity and masturbation haven’t actually changed that much throughout history. Finally, Hannah and Kate talk about why it’s so difficult to discuss the history of sex as it’s such a hidden history.

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0:00.0

Why do I race for life?

0:01.6

For my biggest cheerleader, the best jewelry pancake maker, my favoured hair braider and matching PJ Buddy,

0:07.2

the most forgetful person I know, but the one who makes me feel so happy and calm.

0:11.6

She ran with me in her tummy, with me in the push chair, and now with me by her side.

0:15.8

My mom's name is Crystal and I'm racing for her.

0:18.9

No matter how cancer affects us, life is worth racing for.

0:23.0

Join your local event at Race for Life.org by the 2nd of June to get 30% off entry

0:27.4

in partnership with Headline sponsor Standard Life.

0:30.1

Everyone used to find porn in bushes in the 80s.

0:32.5

That's an actual thing, like bush porn.

0:35.2

So far nobody has come forward to explain that i did leave porn and

0:39.4

it's an it's an absolute mystery of the 21st century welcome to doing it with me hannah

0:48.8

whitten where we talk all things relationships, dating and our bodies.

0:58.2

Hello, welcome back to doing it.

1:01.4

I am so giddy and excited to introduce you to this guest and this episode because that's how I felt when interviewing her big fan girl over here. Definitely a big fan girl moment.

1:17.0

So my guest this week is Dr. Kate Lister. She's a lecturer at Leeds Trinity University and her primary

1:25.1

research interest is in the history of sexuality. And same, same, same.

1:32.3

I'm not a doctor, don't have a PhD, I have just a humble BA at the end of my name. And I studied history

1:43.1

at university and I specializedised in sexual history.

1:47.2

I did a few modules in it and then also my final year dissertation was about the emergence

1:53.9

of sexology in the late 19th century.

1:56.7

So when I found out about Kate and the work that she does and everything that she puts out into the world online, I was like deep in. I was obsessed.

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