HST 222 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Heterosexuality
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Wanting to participate in sex but unable to act. Fear of them drawing completely away from heterosexuality fewer than 1% of female girls deemed hysterical young, single, white, native born, 18-23 fall into 3 groups. Chapter 10 hysteria: the revolt of the good girl . Hypersexual bordered normal hysteria- drawing away from sex, sexual abuse, or withdrawal from men. Want to act rather than be acted upon. Girls who checked into hospitals for hysterics needed to maintain good girl status. Teresa cellini victim of sexual abuse all her life, turned to promiscuous behavior. Difficult for women to draw a line between aggression and consensual activity.
