"On the other hand whether or not women were actually cooking fishes vaginally to make their husbands want to bone is in and of itself not as important as the fact that Burchard was pretty sure they were. Eve
n if it doesn't tell us about a common practice, it tells us about what a Bishop appears to think is a common practice, and that tells us a lot about both our man Burchard and what Church leaders were spending time thinking 'bout." -- Dr Eleanor Janega, on medieval guidance regarding penance for different sins, "On Dildos and Penance", Going Medieval, 2019-01-09
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Yeah, I think I added that to the queue too. grin I don't remember which post I followed a link to, but I wound up killing part of an afternoon reading other articles on her site.