ABSTRACT
We cannot escape history, even as we try to divine its inner meanings. We live history, even as we seek to dwell in the moment. History shapes our possibilities at the same time as we attempt to shape it, remake it. Our sense of agency, of being able to mould our possibilities, is a defining characteristic of being human, but that agency is always fashioned by what is historically possible and feasible. This is true of all cultural phenomena. It is especially true of sexual cultures.
