The Swedish cartoonist’s sophisticated comic strip is a brilliantly drawn, cleverly researched and deeply funny account of a battle signposted by its subtitle: The vulva vs the patriarchy. The opening chapter on “Men who have been too interested in the Female Genitalia”, shows a roster of lascivious prudes including St Augustine, Georges Cuvier and Isaac Baker-Brown, the Victorian doctor who liked to prescribe a clitoridectomy to any lady patient complaining of headaches. Strömquist portrays women throughout history looking baffled, angry, or resigned as a stream of priests, judges and husbands peer at their genitals and declare them to be deformed, wicked, or just too damn hot for their own good.