PSY 3122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Havelock Ellis, Sexology, Baby Boomers
20 Jan 2017
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Men believed to be naturally more sexual. Women were placed in change or male sexuality. Victorian prostitution and pornography as an outlet. Industrial revolution taking place: poverty is very wide spread, 40000 prostitutes in london alone, porn had a general theme. Once you strip women of false protest they are just as sexual. Reflect rape culture that is present today, women have to give token resistance. Victorian court: sexually explicit, nobility free from the sexual expectations. The poor are also exempt from these rules, seen as too savage to obey them. The middle class are left then to uphold the moral ideals. Suffragettes critique victorian morals, along with critique from social scientists: 2 rises of sexual liberalism - post wars. Physician specialized in forensic sexology (criminally insane) Increases the disgust in sexuality: very lurid and horrifying case studies, meant to show that everyone can succumb to spermatorrhea. Family planning to help with extreme poverty: preventing unwanted children.
