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Prudery and the War on Sex

Rikki de la Vega

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Description:POLITICS, POWER, REPRESSION, AND THE FIGHT FOR SEXUAL FREEDOMFrom the theocracies of Girolamo Savonarola and John Calvin, to the unholy alliance of religious and political demagogues in recent times, various movements have sought to limit or outlaw what we can read, see, hear or do in matters of sexuality. In this enthralling book, Rikki de la Vega tells the story of politics, power, repression, and the fight for sexual freedom, covering the rise, fall and resurgence of these movements, the hypocrisies of many of their leaders, and what can be done to counter them.Among the insights she shares:* The Catholic church of the Middle Ages was more concerned with heresy than sexual morality, and feared a vigorous an enforcement of sodomy laws would give people the impression it was more common than they had been led to believe.* Why the imposition of prudish laws and censorship truly began with the Protestant Reformation, a dramatic increase in production of books and pamphlets, and the emergence of the modern state.* How fears of the French Revolution spurred the emergence of political prudery in Great Britain in the late eighteenth century.* Why divisions between prudish and sex-positive feminists began the nineteenth century.* Ice cream parlors, often started by recent immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, were seen by many “Social Purity” activists as part of a network of “white slavery” which lured young women into forced prostitution.* The so-called “sexual revolution” of the 1960s was preceded by other periods of liberalization, such as the “New Woman” of the late nineteenth century, and the flappers of the 1920s.* Why the collapse of the Soviet Union and its East European satellites had a far-reaching negative impact on sexual politics, from homophobic legislation and increased misogyny in Russia and other states, to a renewed effort in to eradicate prostitution, conflating it with “sex trafficking” and employing “end-demand” strategies which only serve to make conditions for sex workers even worse.Take a guided trip on the roller coaster of sexual history to see how the opposing movements for prudery and freedom have fought for dominance through time and across cultures and continents – and how sexual freedom could still win the day.Rikki de la Vega is a writer in Boston, Massachusetts who has authored several books, as well as articles for Queer Majority and other online sites.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Prudery and the War on Sex. To get started finding Prudery and the War on Sex, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: POLITICS, POWER, REPRESSION, AND THE FIGHT FOR SEXUAL FREEDOMFrom the theocracies of Girolamo Savonarola and John Calvin, to the unholy alliance of religious and political demagogues in recent times, various movements have sought to limit or outlaw what we can read, see, hear or do in matters of sexuality. In this enthralling book, Rikki de la Vega tells the story of politics, power, repression, and the fight for sexual freedom, covering the rise, fall and resurgence of these movements, the hypocrisies of many of their leaders, and what can be done to counter them.Among the insights she shares:* The Catholic church of the Middle Ages was more concerned with heresy than sexual morality, and feared a vigorous an enforcement of sodomy laws would give people the impression it was more common than they had been led to believe.* Why the imposition of prudish laws and censorship truly began with the Protestant Reformation, a dramatic increase in production of books and pamphlets, and the emergence of the modern state.* How fears of the French Revolution spurred the emergence of political prudery in Great Britain in the late eighteenth century.* Why divisions between prudish and sex-positive feminists began the nineteenth century.* Ice cream parlors, often started by recent immigrants in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, were seen by many “Social Purity” activists as part of a network of “white slavery” which lured young women into forced prostitution.* The so-called “sexual revolution” of the 1960s was preceded by other periods of liberalization, such as the “New Woman” of the late nineteenth century, and the flappers of the 1920s.* Why the collapse of the Soviet Union and its East European satellites had a far-reaching negative impact on sexual politics, from homophobic legislation and increased misogyny in Russia and other states, to a renewed effort in to eradicate prostitution, conflating it with “sex trafficking” and employing “end-demand” strategies which only serve to make conditions for sex workers even worse.Take a guided trip on the roller coaster of sexual history to see how the opposing movements for prudery and freedom have fought for dominance through time and across cultures and continents – and how sexual freedom could still win the day.Rikki de la Vega is a writer in Boston, Massachusetts who has authored several books, as well as articles for Queer Majority and other online sites.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Prudery and the War on Sex. To get started finding Prudery and the War on Sex, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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