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The Making of Victorian Sexuality
The Making of Victorian Sexuality
Author: Michael Mason
We tend to think of the Victorians as the personification of prudery and puritanism, a people whose sexual attitudes, practices, and knowledge differed greatly from our own, to their detriment. Indeed, even in the midst of the AIDS crisis and our growing concern about safe sex, the Victorians hardly seem an appealing role model of sexual behavio...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192853127
ISBN-10: 0192853120
Publication Date: 4/13/1995
Pages: 352
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A scholarly study showing that the Victorians knew a great deal more about sex than given credit for. Up to half the brides were pregnant in some sub-groups, and various forms of birth control were practiced.
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