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Rereading Sex : Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America
Author: HELEN LEFKOWITZ HOROWITZ
Binding: Paperback
Published: 14 October, 2003
ISBN: 0375701869
$11.20
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Rereading Sex : Battles Over Sexual Knowledge and Suppression in Nineteenth-Century America
by: HELEN LEFKOWITZ HOROWITZ
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Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 
Excellent study of America's love/hate relationship with sex:
This book is an educational, informative study of America's attitudes towards sex during the 19th century. The author's thorough research and interesting approach (taken from four very different perspectives, depending upon gender, profession, and philosophy/religion) offer a unique explanation and understanding of how Americans viewed sex during the 19th century. I was surprised by how much information (though much of it is incorrect, such as the "fact" that women who are raped cannot become pregnant... more info
Understanding 19th Century American Attitudes Towards Sex:
This marvelous books contains lots of surprises: that legal censorship of written material about sex came later in the 19th century than I had suspected; that "scientific " reformers who believed that disseminating informaton about sex appeared on the scene earlier; and that the perception that masterbation was a threat to American society came not from religious fundamentalists but from the scientific theories of some of these same reformers. Elegantly written, and brilliantly researched, this book is a... more info
Our Sexual Foundation:
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz says that she was puzzled by the stir in 1994 when Joycelyn Elders made a mild comment mentioning that masturbation might be taught about as part of sex education in schools. Our nation is used to hearing daytime talk show chatter about sexual abuse, homosexuality, prostitution, and more, but mentioning this universal and enjoyable practice as something that should be taught about (the religious right twisted her words into "should be taught") was enough to get Elders fired as... more info
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