Although we often identify with the likes of  Samantha, Carrie, Charlotte and Miranda, one our favorite Sex and the City characters is Bunny McDougall (Trey’s mother). It’s not so much for what she says, but rather for what we imagine she would say in her eyebrow-raising voice. She’s a Zestra woman at heart (even though she might not let it on) and, well, Frances Sternhagen’s portrayal of her just makes us laugh.

Recently, we came across an article that would certainly warrant a classic comment from Bunny – it turns out, Victorian women liked sex (rock on tea-drinking sisters). In the spring issue of its alumni magazine, Stanford University is featuring Clelis Mosher, “The Sex Scholar.” Clelis was an unrecognized pioneer in the field of women’s sexual health, and it was her ground-breaking research that uncovered this information about Victorian women. Although the data from Clelis’s surveys was never published, her studies were unearthed by Stanford historian Carl Degler in 1973. In one study, many of the forty-five women surveyed reported that they experienced desire, orgasm and engaged in sexual activity because of the pleasure derived from it…corsets, petticoats and all. What’s more is that Victorian women had sex frequently (even by today’s standards) – about three-quarters of the women engaged in sex at least once a week. Hmm…just think what they could have done with a little Zestra tucked away in their purses.

At Semprae, we’d like to pay homage to Clelis Mosher and her contribution to the field of women’s sexual health, by making her an honorary member of our board. Of course, we hope Bunny would also give Clelis a proper congratulations. For more information about Clelis, see the Stanford Magazine article.