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Examines the organized efforts to reshape the law relating to young women's sexuality in the United States.

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Author:   J. Shoshanna Ehrlich
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438453040

ISBN 10:   1438453043
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   02 July 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Predatory Men and Virtuous Maidens: Saving Young Women from Ruinous Seduction 2. Protecting Her Most Prized Possession: The Campaign to Raise the Age of Sexual Consent 3. Responding to the ""Girl Problem"": The Emergence of the Female Sexual Delinquent 4. Our Daughters Are Having Babies: The Fashioning of a Public Response to the Teen Pregnancy ""Epidemic"" 5. Our Daughters Are Having Sex: The Conservative Pushback against Teen ""Promiscuity"" Notes Bibliography Index"

Reviews

"""...[an] effective and engaging book."" - Law and History Review ""...Regulating Desire prompts readers to think critically about the unforeseen consequences of contemporary 'liberal or feminist impulses.'"" - Women's Review of Books ""Ehrlich's attempt to locate different legal reform movements within their historical context is rigorous, never reductive."" - Harvard Law Review ""This excellent overview of changing views of female sexuality ... raises provocative questions about young women's understanding of and control over their own bodies. A valuable contribution to scholarship in sexuality studies, rhetorical analysis, public policy, and legal history, as well as to the emerging field of girls' studies ... Highly recommended."" - CHOICE ""Extremely thorough and very enjoyable to read, this book provides an authoritative scholarly voice on its subject matter."" - Alesha E. Doan, coauthor of The Politics of Virginity: Abstinence in Sex Education"

This excellent overview of changing views of female sexuality ... raises provocative questions about young women's understanding of and control over their own bodies. A valuable contribution to scholarship in sexuality studies, rhetorical analysis, public policy, and legal history, as well as to the emerging field of girls' studies ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE Extremely thorough and very enjoyable to read, this book provides an authoritative scholarly voice on its subject matter. - Alesha E. Doan, coauthor of The Politics of Virginity: Abstinence in Sex Education

...Regulating Desire prompts readers to think critically about the unforeseen consequences of contemporary 'liberal or feminist impulses.' - Women's Review of Books Ehrlich's attempt to locate different legal reform movements within their historical context is rigorous, never reductive. - Harvard Law Review This excellent overview of changing views of female sexuality ... raises provocative questions about young women's understanding of and control over their own bodies. A valuable contribution to scholarship in sexuality studies, rhetorical analysis, public policy, and legal history, as well as to the emerging field of girls' studies ... Highly recommended. - CHOICE Extremely thorough and very enjoyable to read, this book provides an authoritative scholarly voice on its subject matter. - Alesha E. Doan, coauthor of The Politics of Virginity: Abstinence in Sex Education

Author Information

J. Shoshanna Ehrlich is Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. She is the author of Family Law for Paralegals, Sixth Edition and Who Decides? The Abortion Rights of Teens.

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