Things weren’t as prudish as you might think.
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While the stereotypes might say that people in Victorian England were prudes when it came to the bedroom, this isn’t entirely accurate. Most people wouldn’t talk about these risque topics in polite society, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t discussed.
Indeed, advances in both science and literature ensured that such matters were written about frequently in both academic and fictional literature. Victorians wanted to enjoy themselves as well, and this was seen in the explosion of prostitution and venereal disease during the era.