Prescription for heterosexuality : sexual citizenship in the Cold War era / Carolyn Herbst Lewis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Carolyn Herbst.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--United States--History--20th century.

Sex.

Heterosexuality--United States--History--20th century.

Heterosexuality.

Married people--Sexual behavior--United States--History--20th century.

Married people.

Citizenship--United States--History--20th century.

Citizenship.

United States--Social conditions--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this lively and engaging work, Carolyn Lewis explores how medical practitioners, especially family physicians, situated themselves as the guardians of Americans' sexual well-being during the early years of the Cold War. She argues that many doctors viewed their patients' sexual habits as more than an issue of personal health. They believed that a satisfying sexual relationship between heterosexual couples with very specific attributes and boundaries was the foundation of a successful marriage, a fundamental source of happiness in the American family, and a crucial building block of a secure

Contents:

American physicians and sexual defense

Femininity, frigidity, and female heterosexual health

Masculinity, sexual function, and male heterosexual health

The premarital pelvic examination

Artificial insemination and the American man

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908848-6-2

979-88-9313-404-9

1-4696-0638-0

0-8078-9954-2

OCLC:

676697963