Penal administrators and reformers viewed the potential spread of ‘unnatural crime’ with horror.
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Syphilis Onstage: Eugène Brieux’s Damaged Goods
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The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth-Century Ireland
It was their word against the word of the adults, the doers of God’s work on Earth.
Reverend Anna Garlin Spencer and the Rise of “Family Life” in Early Sex Education
Liberal Protestants influenced major shifts—and later divisions—among sex educators.
