“At a time when masturbation was perceived to be detrimental to the body, these men gathered to chat, muse, and jerk off - ‘frig’ - into a communal platter. On certain holidays, the men hired local women to come in and undress, which was recorded in the society’s minutes, a goldmine of this secret society’s habits. Most of the women were young, one was “fat and well-developed,” another “shewed herself satisfactorily.”

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From Beggar’s Benison: A Scottish Sex Club in 1732.

March 12, 2010, 5:59pm