AIDS, Sexuality and American Religion: An Interview With Anthony Petro

By Anthony Petro 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, HIV/AIDS, LGBTQ, Medicine and the Body, Religion and Sexuality

Religious responses to the emergence of AIDS in the United States in the 1980s and 90s.

Astrological Birth Control: Fertility Awareness and the Politics of Non-Hormonal Contraception

By Donna Drucker Medicine and the Body

In the late 1960s, there was a ready audience for astrological birth control, a repackaged concept that now emerged as a fertility management option.

Classroom Wars and Sexual Politics: An Interview with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela

By Natalia Petrzela 20th and 21st Century United States, Author Interviews, Childhood and Youth, Race and Ethnicity

The schoolhouse has long been a crucible in the construction and contestation of “family values.”

“In My Bed”: Sexual Violence Over Fifty Years on One College Campus

By Natalia Petrzela 20th and 21st Century United States, Sexual Violence

Sexual violence has been a consistent facet of college women’s experiences.

Stranger Danger and the Sexual Revolution

By Gillian Frank 20th and 21st Century United States, Childhood and Youth, Sexual Violence

The sexual content of stranger danger films grew more sexually explicit over time.