Prescription for Heterosexuality: Sexual Citizenship in the Cold War Era

By Carolyn Herbst Lewis.

Prescription for Heterosexuality: Sexual Citizenship in the Cold War Era

Description

In this lively and engaging work, Carolyn Lewis explores how medical practitioners, especially family physicians, situated themselves as the guardians of Americans' sexual well-being during the early years of the Cold War. She argues that many doctors viewed their patients' sexual habits as more than an issue of personal health. They believed that a satisfying sexual relationship between heterosexual couples with very specific attributes and boundaries was the foundation of a successful marriage, a fundamental source of happiness in the American family, and a crucial building bloc...

ISBN(s)

1469609827, 9781469609829

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