History 2181A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Havelock Ellis, True Women, Boston Marriage
19 Dec 2017
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People did(cid:374)"t see the(cid:373)sel(cid:448)es i(cid:374) a sa(cid:373)e se(cid:454) ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) Same sex relationships have been accepted in one form or another. Except sodomy anal sex b/w to men. Ambiguity and flexibility we save with same sex before enlightment is done. Enlightment was all about science naming new parts of the body, men and women as distinctively different. End of 19th century, beginning of 20th century permanent changes with views towards same sex relations. Industrialization comes urbanisation then comes leisure and amusement culture: rise of sexology, new medical specialisation that focuses on issues of sex and sexuality, did both good and bad things, new academic discipline involved study of sex. After a post war there is always a desire for stability and normalicy. Marriage, nuclear family, lots of babies being born within nuclear, traditional gender roles. Go back to what they know and ^ is what they know.
