In the conclusion Lister admits that the reader might have felt mislead by the title of the book, but that the topic of sex is too broad to be captured in one book alone by one person.

I agree with this. While Lister has obviously made an attempt at diversity in it, this book is really predominantly a history of white, straight British women and sex. I actually believe that in trying to diversify the subject matter Lister has lost a lot of nuance and didn't go into subjects as much as she could have.

She also has a habit of taking an extremely modern lense when looking at historical practices around sex. It is good that we know why some practices and viewpoints are wrong nowadays, but snorting at them and not looking at the historical context doesn't feel at all fair or academic.

I also felt that there was a lot of judgement cast on anyone reading who was not "sexually liberated". When speaking about fairness and safety in the context of sex, you have to take into account "prudes" and people who might be more modest. Live your life having as much weird and wonderful sex with consenting adults as you want, but Lister seems to imply that people who would rather not be privy to that way of life are somehow morally in the wrong.