History 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Misdemeanor, Comstock Laws, United States Postal Inspection Service
1 Mar 2017
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Monday, october 24, 2016 his2181 lecture 5 notes continuation on popularity of female frienships. Cult of womanhood - white privilege ideology. Place of home as place of refuge for men. Public payed sphere belong to men and private domestic sphere where women suppose to be. Until married, women suppose to be virgin and pure. Notion of passionless - women suppose to and thought of being this. You were suppose to have sex as married women but for purpose of procreation. White respectable middle class women could be mother and live passionless doctrine at same time. Having sex only for purposes of procreation. 4th point - women suppose to be submissive. Friendships range from purely platonic to sexual. The private and public spheres allowed this. Also males weren"t around to watch over them. The downfall of her reputation - used goods if not virgin when married.
