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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465009503321

Titolo

Outspoken women : an anthology of women's writing on sex, 1870-1969 / / edited by Lesley A. Hall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-315-01283-9

1-136-40597-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (353 p.)

Collana

Women's and Gender History

Altri autori (Persone)

HallLesley A

Disciplina

306.7/082/09410904

Soggetti

Sex customs - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Sex customs - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Sex instruction literature - Great Britain - History

Women social reformers - Great Britain

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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



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

Sommario/riassunto

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 experi