Making Marriage Modern Women's Sexuality from the Progressive Era to World War II |
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| Author:
| Simmons, Christina |
| Series title: | Studies in the History of Sexuality Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-506411-7 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2009 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $69.00 |
Book Description:
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Making Marriage Modern explains the emergence a new form of relationship between the sexes-the "companionate marriage"-- which incorporated birth control and an active sexual role for wives. While displacing Victorian marriage and femininity, the companionate ideal prevailed by the 1940s and set the standard against which second-wave feminists rebelled.
Making Marriage Modern explains the emergence a new form of relationship between the sexes-the "companionate marriage"-- which incorporated birth control and an active sexual role for wives. While displacing Victorian marriage and femininity, the companionate ideal prevailed by the 1940s and set the standard against which second-wave feminists rebelled.