HIST 343 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Incest, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Child Custody
31 Oct 2016
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Spend lot of times talking about norms --> prescription literature: way norms are def. are in counter to women (deviance) Readings: one of the ways women = deviant --> via sexuality. Cities = rich opp for young women prostitution) Starting 1890s an obsession with young women"s leisure time. Young woman in the city: women adrift = outside of family structure, outside of marriage. Some cities tolerated prostitution: mtl: informal red-light district (3 lrg. Photos of actual sex workers --> tragic (sickly, tired, etc. ) Some hist. debate: were women better served in a world that accepted brothels? (less exploitation?) Org. gambling, drugs, prostitution (85% of the time) Employs professional young women with university education to work as investigators and secretaries. Tor, edm, yvr: women"s courts set up. Protect women, they can be redeemed via uplift. Surveys --> recommendation: melding with reform judaeo-christian activism --> social work created. Aimed a children and young women --> wholesome recreation, not b/o commercial fun.
