In this witty and provocative study of sex and marriage manuals,
M.E. Melody and Linda M. Peterson reveal that permissiveness,
prohibition, and, tellingly, persuasion and enforcement-from
sermons and hellfire to mutilation and electroshock-have informed
popular sex education over the past hundred and twenty years.
From the late Victorian obsession with masturbation and hygiene,
to the "if it feels good, do it" ethos of "The Joy of Sex,"
America's disposition to sex has evolved from a general
squeamishness to a veritable cult of mutual orgasm. But despite the
recent emphasis on "voluptuous pleasure," the basic power dynamic
underlying the discourse on sex has been remarkably resistant to
change. The authors reveal that, even as sexual behavior changed
during periods of upheaval, the prescriptive literature on sex has
remained traditional at its core, promoting sex within marriage for
the purpose of reproduction.
A cross-generational account of the major constructions of
masculinity and femininity from 1880 to the present day, Teaching
America About Sex serves up a lucid and entertaining reading of the
twentieth century's vexed relationship with sex.
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