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How To Fake Virginity
What would people once do in the name of 'virginity'?
Why, just why, would one put a leech up their .. you know where? It's all in the name of virginity, or the faking of it.
Kate is joined by Dr Julia Martins to find out why virginity was so necessary to Early Modern people, and how they went about faking it.
Julia can be found at juliamartins.co.uk
This episode was edited by Tom Delargy and produced by Sophie Gee. The senior producer was Charlotte Long.
All music from Epidemic Sounds.
Betwixt the Sheets: History of Sex, Scandal & Society is a History Hit podcast.
