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Presents a historical account of the publication of a satire on sodomy in the 'Boston Evening-Post' during the 18th century. Implication of its publication; Description of the social conditions in 18th century Massachusetts; Reaction from the Freemasons.

Discusses the sexual incapacity and marital sexuality of men in New England in the seventeenth century. Significance of marriage in male sexuality; Views of historians on manhood.

Reviewed: Killed Strangely: The Death of Rebecca Cornell. Crane, Elaine Forman.

Reviewed: The Hanging of Ephraim Wheeler: A Story of Rape, Incest, and Justice in Early America. Brown, Irene Quenzler and Brown, Richard D.

Reviewed: Anne Orthwood's Bastard: Sex and Law in Early Virginia. Pagan, John Ruston.