White men remain relatively impervious to charges of sexual aggression, perhaps as a result of mid-century sex education.
20th and 21st Century United States
Archives of Desire: Debbie Does Death
Even in death a Republican-appointed judge wanted to be remembered for his stance against pornography.
The FBI, Sexual Predators and the Mann Act
The Mann Act protected women from “human vultures who fatten on the shame of innocent young girls.”
Phyllis Schlafly and the Making of Grassroots Conservative Sexual Politics
Phyllis Schlafly stood at the epicenter of conservative sexual politics.
Bad Girls: A Student Interview with Amanda Littauer
How young women and girls in the 1940s and 1950s pursued new sexual freedoms.
Histories of Sexuality and the Carceral State—Part 2
How do race, gender, and sexuality intersect in order to shape policing and imprisonment?
History from the Witness Stand: An Interview with George Chauncey
George Chauncey has testified as an expert witness in more than thirty cases dealing with gay rights.