Origins of Sex : A History of the First Sexual Revolution, Hardcover by Dabho...

by Faramerz Dabhoiwala

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Origins of Sex : A History of the First Sexual Revolution, Hardcover by Dabhoiwala, Faramerz, ISBN 0199892415, ISBN-13 9780199892419, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US A man admits that, when drunk, he tried to have sex with an eighteen-year-old girl; she is arrested and denies they had intercourse, but finally begs God's forgiveness. Then she is publicly hanged alongside her attacker. These events took place in 1644, in Boston, where today they would be viewed with horror. How--and when--did such a complete transformation of our culture's attitudes toward sex occur? In The Origins of Sex , Faramerz Dabhoiwala provides a landmark history, one that will revolutionize our understanding of the origins of sexuality in modern Western culture. For millennia, sex had been strictly regulated by the Church, the state, and society, who vigorously and brutally attempted to punish any sex outside of marriage. But by 1800, everything had changed. Drawing on vast research--from canon law to court cases, from novels to pornography, not to mention the diaries and letters of people great and ordinary--Dabhoiwala shows how this dramatic change came about, tracing the interplay of intellectual trends, religious and cultural shifts, and politics and demographics. The Enlightenment led to the presumption that sex was a private matter; that morality could not be imposed; that men, not women, were the more lustful gender. Moreover, the rise of cities eroded community-based moral policing

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2012
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199892419
• Condition: Good

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