Censorship vs. Social Purity
Monday, March 4th, 2013
I was also intrigued by Comstock, whose interpretation of “obscene” lead to bans on things like books – and the obscenity scale ranged from pornographic language and pictures to anything judged to be influential towards immorality (another term with a lot of scope), however indirect.
Censorship vs. Social Purity
Tags: Censorship, Comstock, Ida Craddock, Scientia-Sexualis, Social Purists
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Sexual Mores in the Victorian Era
Sunday, March 3rd, 2013
This reading challenges the stereotype of the Victorian era as a sexually monolithic period of repression and prudishness. Instead, the readings challenge the reader to explore the different sexual attitudes prevalent in the period, and how socio-cultural frameworks helped to shape those very attitudes.
Sexual Mores in the Victorian Era
Tags: Censorship, Free Love Movement, sex, Victorian
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