Sex education in Mexico remains a battlefield for struggle between the state and Catholics over moral jurisdiction.
Recent Posts
Meet Our Assistant Editors For 2016-2017
NOTCHES is very pleased to introduce our cohort of assistant editors for 2016-2017.
American Child Brides and the Dangers of Underage Sex
Revisiting an earlier generation of reformers exposes that marriage was not a magical cure-all.
Out of the Closet, Into the Archives: Researching Sexual Histories
Can an archive offer “proof” that historians often seek out?
“A Poison to the Race”: Women, Foreigners and VD in Modern Japan
Japanese “AIDS panics” characterized women as the carriers of foreign-born sexual diseases.
Postwar Sex Education and the Roots of White Male Sexual Entitlement
White men remain relatively impervious to charges of sexual aggression, perhaps as a result of mid-century sex education.
‘The Stimulus of the Flesh’ and Margaret Singleton’s Broken Vow
While many vowesses broke their chastity vows, Margaret Singleton’s case was different and remains an unsolved mystery.












