As for books in the 1700's over 60% of women were not literate so if one happened on one of the books it couldn't be read - but the illustrations would have been interesting to them.
I think that many of the poor lived in habitations where they all slept in one, unlit, room where they would get hints about sex from childhood.
I think that many of the poor lived in habitations where they all slept in one, unlit, room where they would get hints about sex from childhood.