(Maggie, C, The Pleasure of Pleasure and Cures Women, The Economist, February 25, 2007. One of the earliest attempts to overcome the urge for sexual pleasure was at Cambridge, on April 6, 1842, when a young woman of twenty-five in her twenties, in a gown, a white labchief, and a white turtleneck, took out half of her clothing and set off, without giving one glance, to the sea floor, naked, in the hope that this would be a better place. The ship was brought up again by the captain. This time she tried to tell him of her mistake. But the captain refused to believe her and went out on his way again, which she did. She told her mistress, that in the mean time she should go out like a man dressed in his finest clothes, wearing this suit and this hat, and that even if he were not so beautiful, perhaps it would be a real pity to be married to one, who seemed more beautiful than all others. He turned away, not knowing how much he could do. Then she sat down, and in the light of noon a fire was burning on her seat, and she was suddenly, like a woman, at that moment not knowing what she was about to say.