White men remain relatively impervious to charges of sexual aggression, perhaps as a result of mid-century sex education.
Tag: cultural history
‘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.
Archives of Desire: Debbie Does Death
Even in death a Republican-appointed judge wanted to be remembered for his stance against pornography.
Bad Girls: A Student Interview with Amanda Littauer
How young women and girls in the 1940s and 1950s pursued new sexual freedoms.
Thinking Medievally: The Sexualisation Debate and Medieval Advice Literature
Concerns about the sexualisation of young women appear even in the late Middle Ages.
The Cologne Sexual Assaults in Historical Perspective
The language of xenophobia and nationalism has long been staged on women’s bodies.
Found in Translation: How Sexual Debates Developed Across the Modern World
Sexual science emerged contemporaneously in Europe, Asia, Peru, and the Middle East.