HST 222 Lecture 16: Lecture 16 - The Age of Consent
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Comstock, social purity and the age of consent. Working to get it moved up to 16 or 18 after it was at age 10-12 (7 in. Young girls would be charged with sex crimes even if they were raped at age 10/12. It was supported by a lot of women"s groups - trying to control the licentiousness of men. Fought to protect boys against this too, wanted an age of consent for them. It didn"t quite matter as much for men because their reputations weren"t tarnished if they had sex - sexual double standard. They were against raising the age of consent because it would make. African american men more likely to get charged with rape/other things. Not worried as much with protecting the young women. Women being captured against their will and sold to brothels. In regards to canadian women being bought and sold, the term trafficking was used. It"s still used today to talk about the issue.
