The Sexuality Papers

Originally published in 1984. The history of sex in the last 100 years has usually been written as a story of progress from repression to sexual liberation. This book argues that the reverse is true.

Autorentext
Coveney, Lal; Jackson, Margaret; Jeffreys, Sheila; Kay, Leslie; Mahony, Pat

Inhalt
Biographical notes, Introduction, 1. 'Free from all uninvited touch of man': women's campaigns around sexuality, 18801914, 2. Sexology and the social construction of male sexuality (Havelock Ellis), 3. Sexology and the universalization of male sexuality (from Ellis to Kinsey, and Masters and Johnson), 4. Theory into practice: sexual liberation or social control?(Forum magazine 196881), Bibliography