Posts Tagged: birth control

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/opinion/08collins.html?src=me&ref=opinion An opinion by Gail Collins on the anniversary of the pill.  She considers what has changed since then, especially in regards to formal sex ed.  And, bonus for our discussions, she mentions Sanger and Comstock.

Victorian Discourse in Volumes In the Puritan world, the hand of God or the temptation of the devil were to be found anywhere and everywhere.  For the Victorians, the readings for this week seem to point less to an obsession with sin than to an obsession with words and language. 

Female Love and Myths of Passionlessness I found this week’s readings on the intimacies of 19th century female relationships to be very interesting.  Carroll Smith-Rosenberg’s essay provided a very well-rounded look at the dynamics between women and how their close relationships were formed within societies.  It makes sense that sexual-segregation would influence women to become […]