Nashe Choice of Valentines: Sex History, Gender, and Intimacy Through Time

When we think of Nashe Choice of Valentines, a cultural moment that blends romance, desire, and personal expression. Also known as Valentine’s Day in the context of adult intimacy and historical sexuality, it’s not just about cards and chocolates—it’s a lens into how society has shaped who we love, how we express desire, and what we’re allowed to want. This isn’t just a holiday. It’s a mirror. And what it reflects is centuries of control, rebellion, silence, and reclamation around sex and gender.

Look closer at the posts here and you’ll see patterns: gender roles, the rigid expectations placed on men and women across history from Victorian separate spheres to modern masculinity crises. You’ll find how intimacy, the quiet, messy, powerful connection between people has been policed, hidden, sold, or celebrated—from Etruscan tomb paintings that linked sex with the afterlife, to steam-powered vibrators disguised as medical tools for "hysteria." Even the word "consent" isn’t new—it’s been fought for, rewritten, and ignored for centuries. And then there’s LGBTQ+ history, the erased, silenced, and reclaimed stories of queer love and survival, from police raids on gay bars to bisexual erasure in research, and lesbianism scrubbed from archives. These aren’t footnotes. They’re the backbone of how we experience love today.

What ties all this together? Power. Who gets to define what’s normal. Who gets to speak. Who gets to feel pleasure without shame. Nashe Choice of Valentines isn’t about buying romance—it’s about understanding where that romance came from. Why some women were told orgasms were unnatural. Why men were taught to be silent. Why queer love had to be coded in poetry or hidden in tomb art. And why today, people are finally reclaiming their right to define desire on their own terms.

What follows isn’t a list of articles. It’s a timeline of resistance, a map of hidden truths, and a reminder that intimacy has always been political. You’ll read about how ancient Egyptians used lipstick as a signal of power, how medieval marriages were business deals, and how modern IVF timing has more in common with Victorian medical myths than you’d think. You’ll learn why the female orgasm exists even if it’s not needed for reproduction, and how AI porn is repeating old mistakes under new names. This collection doesn’t just show you history—it shows you why your choices, your boundaries, and your desires today are part of a much longer story.