Sex panics give rise to bloated imaginings of risk, inflated conceptions of harm, and loose definitions of sex. This book is about sex panics and their relation to other forms of institutionalized fear in the United States today. The logic of sex panic is essentially promiscuous…
One evening, while watching the news, Roger N. Lancaster was startled by a report that a friend, a gay male school teacher, had been arrested for a sexually based crime. The resulting hysteria threatened to ruin the life of an innocent man. In this passionate and provocative boo…
The invention of the birth control pill, the end of censorship, the advent of feminism, the rise of commercial pornorgaphy, dozens of changes to daily lives in the 1960s and '70s stimulated an unprecedented time of sexual openness in American society, a season of optimism and ex…
The invention of the birth control pill, the end of censorship, the advent of feminism, the rise of commercial pornorgaphy, dozens of changes to daily lives in the 1960s and '70s stimulated an unprecedented time of sexual openness in American society, a season of optimism and ex…
A generation lost -- Fun with bananas -- Campus carnality -- Pop tarts -- Where pimps and hos run free -- Teenyboppers -- Abercrappy & bitch -- TV vs. virginity -- Porn and popcorn -- The lotion picture industry -- Taking a stand -- Roundtable.
A generation lost -- Fun with bananas -- Campus carnality -- Pop tarts -- Where pimps and hos run free -- Teenyboppers -- Abercrappy & bitch -- TV vs. virginity -- Porn and popcorn -- The lotion picture industry -- Taking a stand -- Roundtable.