ISBN:
9780415253710
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (353 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Women's and Gender History
Parallel Title:
Print version Outspoken Women : An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870–1969
DDC:
306.7/082/09410904
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Studying a broader period than its contemporaries, this comprehensive study reveals a neglected tradition of British women's writing from the Victorian era to the sexual revolution of the 1960s. Outspoken Women brings together the many and varied non-fictional writings of British women on sexual attitudes and behaviour, beginning nearly a hundred years prior to the 'second wave' of feminism. Commentators cover a broad range of perspectives and include Darwinists, sexologists, and campaigners against the spread of VD, as well as women writing about their own lives and experiences. Covering all
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The Victorians, 1870-1901; Marriage; Desire, pleasure and satisfaction; Heterosexual relationships outside marriage; Prostitution and venereal disease; Birth control; Ignorance and sex education; 2 The suffrage era, 1902-1918; Marriage; Desire, pleasure and satisfaction; Heterosexual relationships outside marriage; Same-sex relationships, celibacy, and singleness generally; Prostitution and venereal disease; Birth control; Ignorance and sex education; 3 The Stopes era, 1918-1929; Marriage
Description / Table of Contents:
Desire, pleasure and satisfactionHeterosexual relationships outside marriage; Same-sex relationships, celibacy, and singleness generally; Prostitution and venereal disease; Birth control; Ignorance and sex education; 4 The Depression and war, 1930-1945; Marriage; Desire, pleasure and satisfaction; Heterosexual relationships outside marriage; Same-sex relationships, celibacy, and singleness generally; Prostitution and venereal disease; Birth control; Ignorance and sex education; 5 Sex in the Welfare State, 1945-1969; Marriage; Desire, pleasure and satisfaction
Description / Table of Contents:
Heterosexual relationships outside marriageSame-sex relationships, celibacy, and singleness generally; Prostitution and venereal disease; Birth control; Ignorance and sex education; Appendix: Biographical notes on authors; Further reading; Bibliography of works cited; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
