You'd think with a title like that that this would be a gripping story about Sex and sexual practices, well yes, but no, it's a cool academic look at the topic, with a conclusion pointing out that others have got the wrong end of the stick with this topic, particularly Foucault. The author is writing for her peers, not for the vaguely interested member of the public and it shows.
It is jargon-laden, specialised word ridden and was a pretty good cure for insomnia for me for a few days. I have a degree in Classical Civilization (and History) and was curious about the topic, wanted to see if she could enlighten me a bit more about sex and about how the classical audience saw it, and she did somewhat, but for most of it she ploughed familiar furroughs in the topic.
If you're studying the topic or classics this is probably for you, if you're a curious bystander it's dry, academic and reads like a written thesis.
