Penal administrators and reformers viewed the potential spread of ‘unnatural crime’ with horror.
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‘Every time I see a cock I go funny’: what regional studies bring to histories of sexuality
When sexual desire was not attached to notions of sexual identity.
Would you mind if Neil Bartlett asked you a few personal questions about sex?
The Wellcome Collection’s ‘Institute of Sexology’ was the first major event of its kind in the UK.
Close Your Eyes and Think of Yorkshire? Working-class Women and Sexuality in Early Twentieth-Century Yorkshire
Looking at occupational patterns and cultures contributes to understanding working-class sexuality.
“A Poison More Deadly”: Defining Obscenity in the West
Under the scrutiny of the British legal system, no work was safe from being deemed obscene.
Sexual Violence Against Children in the 1960s
Narratives of abuse have taken on different forms during different moments.
Wolfenden, Paederasty and Paedophilia
What do the Wolfenden Papers have to say about paederasty and paedophilia?
