Sexuality Papers - Male Sexuality and the Social Control of Women

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.

List of contents

Biographical notes, Introduction, 1. 'Free from all uninvited touch of man': women's campaigns around sexuality, 1880–1914, 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 1968–81), Bibliography

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Lal Coveney, Lal Jackson Coveney, Margaret Jackson, Sheila Jeffreys, Leslie Kay, Pat Mahony
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.01.2019
• EAN: 9780367174293
• ISBN: 978-0-367-17429-3
• No. of pages: 108
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories