The First Sexual Revolution

The Emergence of Male Heterosexuality in Modern America

Author: Kevin White
ISBN: 0814792588

In the early 1900s, a sexual revolution took place that was to define social relations between the sexes in America for generations. As Victorian values gradually faded, and a commercialized consumer culture emerged, the female figure of the flapper came to embody early-twentieth century femininity. Simultaneously, masculine ideals were also undergoing radical change. Who then was this New Man to accompany the New Woman? Who was the flapper's boyfriend? In this remarkable book, Kevin White draws on a vast array of sources to examine the ideology—spread through movies, advertisements, sex confession magazines, social hygienists, sex manuals, and Freudian popularizers —that has defined modern American manhood. Examining attitudes toward masturbation, homosexuality, violence against women, feminism, free love, and the emerging dating system, The First Sexual Revolution shows how American men in the Jazz Age were subjected to a barrage of information and advice about their sexuality th

Publisher: NYU Press
Publish Date: 1993

Subjects: History / General, Psychology / General, Psychology / Human Sexuality, Social Science / Men's Studies

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Men/Masculinities)