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The Physician and Sexuality in Victorian America (Paperback, New Ed)
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The Physician and Sexuality in Victorian America (Paperback, New Ed)
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"Men and women in late nineteenth-century America," write John S.
Haller and Robin M. Haller, "faced a bewildering and conflicting
array of roles forced on them by a newly industrialized society."
Nowhere were these roles more sharply drawn than in the area of
sexuality. Growing numbers of Victorians found themselves unable to
confide in husbands, wives, or relatives on personal matters.
Increasingly, they turned to advice columns in newspapers,
etiquette books, philanthropic organizations, marriage manuals,
private counselors-and to the physician. The peculiar relationship
that existed between the physician and his patient enabled the
medical profession to exert a powerful influence: the doctor found
himself with the responsibility of acting as the arbiter of
fashion, the watchman of morals, and the judge of personal needs.
And because the medical profession held itself responsible for the
moral and spiritual health of the nation, doctors felt it necessary
to bring their professional authority to bear against those
elements-such as the women's rights movement-which threatened the
stability of society.
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