Some nineteenth-century British physicians looked towards physical embodiments of femaleness for explanations for breast cancer.
Tag: nineteenth century
Born This Way? Sexual Science and the Invention of a Political Strategy
The ‘born this way’ argument has also been subjected to substantial criticism.
Intimate Worlds: Exploring Sexuality Through the Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Library is a rich source of material for the study of historical attitudes towards sex and the human body.
“Cow protection or Gay protection?” LGBT rights, “Hindu” tradition and the Indian elections
Gender and sexuality has had an important role in recent public debates in India.
(Sexual) Labour Day
Researching prostitution makes Julia Laite more of a labour historian than a historian of sexuality.
The Erotics of Shaving in Victorian Britain
Beardedness in nineteenth-century Britain had definite implications for manliness and sexuality.
Love, Lust and Procreation: Debating Sex in Nineteenth-Century Medicine?
Nineteenth-century medical texts contain recommendations on how to navigate love and marriage.
