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"Bright and Good Looking Colored Girl": Black Women's Sexuality and "Harmful Intimacy" in Early-Twentieth-Century New York
Ist Teil von
Journal of the history of sexuality, 2009-09, Vol.18 (3), p.418-456
Ort / Verlag
United States: University of Texas Press
Erscheinungsjahr
2009
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Project MUSE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
During World War I the federal government showed particular concern because of its fear that young women would spread venereal disease to soldiers, thereby physicaUy weakening the armed forces and thus endangering the country's war effort.4 General concerns about working-class women's sexual behavior influenced the passing of numerous state laws that were shaped by reformers, approved by legislators, and enforced by police officers.5 As such, young working-class women's interest in and pursuit of romance and sex caused various older adults unease not simply because such behavior rejected or ignored traditional courtship practices but also because evidence of sexual expression and behavior outside of marriage and outside the parameters of prostitution eventually constituted criminal activity. [...] black women's responses can offer a window into how they remembered past sexual encounters or, rather, how they chose to characterize them.