Regulating desire : from the virtuous maiden to the purity princess / / J. Shoshanna Ehrlich

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910787038103321
• Autore: Ehrlich J. Shoshanna
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4384-5306-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (226 p.)
• Disciplina: 176/.4
• Soggetti: Young women - Sexual behavior - United States - History; Sex crimes - United States - History; Seduction - United States - History; Premarital sex - United States - History; Sexual ethics - United States - History
• 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: ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Predatory Men and Virtuous Maidens: Saving Young Women from Ruinous Seduction""; ""Introduction""; ""A Nation Awash in Sexual Sin""; ""Reclaiming the Fallen Victims of Male Lust""; ""Stepping into the Breach: Ruin and Reform""; ""Attacking the Sexual Double Standard""; ""The Inculcation of Internal Restraint""; ""Casting Out the Libertine""; ""Turning to the State: The Legislative Campaign to Criminalize the Act of Seduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 2: Protecting Her Most Prized Possession: The Campaign to Raise the Age of Sexual Consent""""Introduction""; ""“One Night with Venus and a Lifetime with Mercuryâ€?: The Battle over State-Sanctioned Vice""; ""Rescuing the Nation from the Diseased Female Body""; ""“What Is Morally Wrong Can Never Be Physiologically Rightâ€?""; ""Purifying Society""; ""You Can Steal Her Virginity but Not Her Doll: The Campaign to Raise the Age of Sexual Consent""; ""A Most Womanly Cause""; ""“Shame on America:â€? The Core Themes of the Campaign to Raise the Age of Sexual Consent""; ""Providing a Safe Passage to Adulthood""""Protecting the Largest ; Diamond in the Crown of Youthful Virtue""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3: Responding to the “Girl Problemâ€?: The Emergence of the Female Sexual Delinquent""; ""Introduction""; ""The Juvenile Court Movement""; ""Children within the Adult Criminal Justice System""; ""A Court of Their Own""; ""The Emergence of the “Girl Problemâ€?""; ""Beyond Seduction: Rewriting the Sexual Narrative""; ""The “Appreciable Tendency Toward Deterioration In Moral Tone Among A Great Proportion Of Adolescent Girls In Tenement Districtsâ€?""; ""Renegotiating the Boundaries of their Lives""""Engendering Juvenile Justice""; ""Becoming a Regulatory Subject""; ""Rehabilitating the Sexual Delinquent""; ""A More Serious Wrong/ A Less Hopeful Future""; ""Replacing the Old Standards with New""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4: Our Daughters Are Having Babies: The Fashioning of a Public Response to the Teen Pregnancy “Epidemicâ€?""; ""Introduction""; ""The Private as Public Policy: The Federal Government Enters the Family Planning Arena""; ""The Changing Business of Government""; ""Birth Control as a Private Right: The Changing Social and Legal Environment""""“One Million Teensâ€?: The “Epidemicâ€? of Teen Pregnancies""; ""The Emergence of the Pregnant Teen as an Object of Public Concern""; ""The Paradox of Timing""; ""A More Visible Presence""; ""The “Girl Next Doorâ€?""; ""Managing the Consequences of Teen Sexual Behavior: Congress Responds to the “Epidemicâ€? of Teen Pregnancies""; ""A Two-Pronged Strategy""; ""Sowing the Seeds of Dissension""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 5: Our Daughters Are Having Sex: The Conservative Pushback against Teen “Promiscuityâ€?""