PUBH 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Social Purity Movement, Social Issue, Sexually Transmitted Infection
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Women as prostitutes: attracts sexual diseases, stds. St louis first =city to attempt to deal with issue of prostitution and vd (venereal disease) Law providing for licensing and medical inspection of prostitutes. Women found to be infected with stds were sent to the social evil hospital: supported by license fees levied on bawdy houses and individual prostitutes. Sought to abolish prostate and sexual activity. Cited evidence of impact of ordinance (legislation) on lowered std incidence and reform of prostitutes that had gone to the hospital. Believed women are bringing stds to men. Possessions/commodities that can be sold and owned. Young girls are promised to older men as child brides. Young girls sold to bring money to family or repay debt (afghanistan) Ownership of women can derive from cultural customs (kenya) Associated with family power and social position. Practices and manipulations claimed to be effective in influencing sex of child. Rituals, folk remedies, magical potions, astrological signs.
