Impotence : A Cultural History

List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction xi The Impenetrable Penetrator: Manhood in Greece and Rome 1(24) When ``Desire Refuses Service'': Impotence in the Christian West 25(25) The ``Infirmity of Others'': Laughing at Fumblers in Early Modern Europe 50(27) ``Shameful to Wives, Ridiculous for Husbands, and Unworthy of Tribunals'': Impotence in the Age of Reason 77(24) Neurasthenia, Decadence, and Nineteenth-Century Manhood 101(25) Marketing Manly Vigor: Victorian Medicine versus Quackery 126(23) Sigmund Freud, Marie Stopes, and ``the Love of Civilized Man'' 149(32) Sex Glands, Rejuvenation, and Eugenics between the Wars 181(27) The ``Impotence Boom'': From Kinsey to Masters and Johnson 208(27) Viagra: Hard Science or Hard Sell? 235(28) Conclusion 263(4) Notes 267(52) Index 319