Regulating desire : from the virtuous maiden to the purity princess / J. Shoshanna Ehrlich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ehrlich, J. Shoshanna, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young women--Sexual behavior--United States--History.

Young women.

Sex crimes--United States--History.

Sex crimes.

Seduction--United States--History.

Seduction.

Premarital sex--United States--History.

Premarital sex.

Sexual ethics--United States--History.

Sexual ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : SUNY Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the organized efforts to reshape the law relating to young women's sexuality in the United States.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: Predatory Men and Virtuous Maidens: Saving Young Women from Ruinous Seduction""; ""Introduction""; ""A Nation Awash in Sexual Sin""; ""Reclaiming the Fallen Victims of Male Lust""; ""Stepping into the Breach: Ruin and Reform""; ""Attacking the Sexual Double Standard""; ""The Inculcation of Internal Restraint""; ""Casting Out the Libertine""; ""Turning to the State: The Legislative Campaign to Criminalize the Act of Seduction""; ""Conclusion""

""Chapter 2: Protecting Her Most Prized Possession: The Campaign to Raise the Age of Sexual Consent""""Introduction""; ""“One Night with Venus and a Lifetime with Mercury�: The Battle over State-Sanctioned Vice""; ""Rescuing the Nation from the Diseased Female Body""; ""“What Is Morally Wrong Can Never Be Physiologically Right�""; ""Purifying Society""; ""You Can Steal Her Virginity but Not Her Doll: The Campaign to Raise the Age of Sexual Consent""; ""A Most Womanly Cause""; ""“Shame on America:� The Core Themes of the Campaign to Raise the Age of Sexual Consent""

""Providing a Safe Passage to Adulthood""""Protecting the Largest Diamond in the Crown of Youthful Virtue""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 3: Responding to the “Girl Problem�: The Emergence of the Female Sexual Delinquent""; ""Introduction""; ""The Juvenile Court Movement""; ""Children within the Adult Criminal Justice System""; ""A Court of Their Own""; ""The Emergence of the “Girl Problem�""; ""Beyond Seduction: Rewriting the Sexual Narrative""; ""The “Appreciable Tendency Toward Deterioration In Moral Tone Among A Great Proportion Of Adolescent Girls In Tenement Districts�""

""Renegotiating the Boundaries of their Lives""""Engendering Juvenile Justice""; ""Becoming a Regulatory Subject""; ""Rehabilitating the Sexual Delinquent""; ""A More Serious Wrong/ A Less Hopeful Future""; ""Replacing the Old Standards with New""; ""Conclusion""; ""Chapter 4: Our Daughters Are Having Babies: The Fashioning of a Public Response to the Teen Pregnancy “Epidemic�""; ""Introduction""; ""The Private as Public Policy: The Federal Government Enters the Family Planning Arena""; ""The Changing Business of Government""

""Birth Control as a Private Right: The Changing Social and Legal Environment""""“One Million Teens�: The “Epidemic� of Teen Pregnancies""; ""The Emergence of the Pregnant Teen as an Object of Public Concern""; ""The Paradox of Timing""; ""A More Visible Presence""; ""The “Girl Next Door�""; ""Managing the Consequences of Teen Sexual Behavior: Congress Responds to the “Epidemic� of Teen Pregnancies""; ""A Two-Pronged Strategy""; ""Sowing the Seeds of Dissension""; ""Conclusion""

""Chapter 5: Our Daughters Are Having Sex: The Conservative Pushback against Teen “Promiscuity�""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781438453064

143845306X

OCLC:

923420711