Outspoken Women: An Anthology of Women's Writing on Sex, 1870û1969

by Hall; Lesley A

• ISBN13: 9780415253710
• ISBN10: 0415253713
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-27
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"Outspoken Women: An anthology of women's writing on sex, 1870-1969 brings together the non-fictional writings of British women on sexual attitudes and behaviour nearly a hundred years prior to 'second-wave' feminism. Studying the period from the supposedly prudish Victorian era, to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, this comprehensive study reveals a neglected tradition of British women's writing." "The excerpts analysed here come from polemics, works of advice, surveys, essays and belles lettres, and the authors, including famous and lesser-known figures, provide a diverse range of perspectives, and include social Darwinists, sexologists, psychoanalysts, VD campaigners, as well as women writing about their own lives and experiences." "Hall's remarkable book is an engaging examination of this fascinating subject and provides students and scholars with an invaluable source of primary material."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	1	(10)
The Victorians, 1870--1901	11	(26)
Marriage	13	(3)
Desire, pleasure and satisfaction	16	(3)
Heterosexual relationships outside marriage	19	(3)
Prostitution and venereal disease	22	(9)
Birth control	31	(3)
Ignorance and sex education	34	(3)
The suffrage era, 1902--1918	37	(58)
Marriage	38	(6)
Desire, pleasure and satisfaction	44	(5)
Heterosexual relationships outside marriage	49	(5)
Same-sex relationships, celibacy, and singleness generally	54	(7)
Prostitution and venereal disease	61	(12)
Birth control	73	(6)
Ignorance and sex education	79	(16)
The Stopes era, 1918--1929	95	(72)
Marriage	97	(11)
Desire, pleasure and satisfaction	108	(8)
Heterosexual relationships outside marriage	116	(7)
Same-sex relationships, celibacy, and singleness generally	123	(12)
Prostitution and venereal disease	135	(7)
Birth control	142	(11)
Ignorance and sex education	153	(14)
The Depression and war, 1930--1945	167	(84)
Marriage	168	(11)
Desire, pleasure and satisfaction	179	(11)
Heterosexual relationships outside marriage	190	(16)
Same-sex relationships, celibacy, and singleness generally	206	(11)
Prostitution and venereal disease	217	(8)
Birth control	225	(12)
Ignorance and sex education	237	(14)
Sex in the Welfare State, 1945--1969	251	(59)
Marriage	253	(8)
Desire, pleasure and satisfaction	261	(10)
Heterosexual relationships outside marriage	271	(12)
Same-sex relationships, celibacy, and singleness generally	283	(6)
Prostitution and venereal disease	289	(6)
Birth control	295	(5)
Ignorance and sex education	300	(10)
Appendix: Biographical notes on authors	310	(14)
Further reading	324	(2)
Bibliography of works cited	326	(8)
Index	334