Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform Routledge Library Editions: Women's History Series
Auteur : McHugh Paul
In the mid-nineteenth century many parts of England and Wales were still subjected to a system of regulated prostitution which, by identifying and detaining for treatment infected prostitutes, aimed to protect members of the armed forces (94 per cent of whom were forbidden to marry) from venereal diseases.
The coercive nature of the Contagious Diseases Acts and the double standard which allowed the continuance of prostitution on the ground that the prostitute 'herself the supreme type of vice, she is ultimately the most efficient guardian of virtue', aroused the ire of many reformers, not only women?s rights campaigners.
Paul McHugh analyses the social composition of the different repeal and reform movements ? the liberal reformists, the passionate struggle of the charismatic Josephine Butler, the Tory reformers whose achievement was in the improvement of preventative medicine, and finally the Social Purity movement of the 1880s which favoured a coercive approach. This is a fascinating study of ideals and principles in action, of pressure-group strategy, and of individual leaders in the repeal movement?s sixteen year progress to victory.
The book was originally publised in 1980.
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Regulating Prostitution 3. The Attack on the Acts Launched 4. Defeat and Regrouping 5. The Repeal Campaign in Action – Organisation and Methods 6. The Role of Women in the Repeal Movement 7. Religion and the Repeal Campaign 8. The Liberal Strategy 9. Political Connections and Alliances in the Repeal Campaign 10. Conclusion. Appendices
Date de parution : 04-2014
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 10-2012
Ouvrage de 306 p.
15.6x23.4 cm
Thème de Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform :
Mots-clés :
CD Act; Women’s Disabilities Bill; Contagious Diseases Acts; Mrs Butler; regulated prostitution; josephine butler; social purity; Young Man; women history; International Abolitionist Federation; social history; Sir John Pakington; 19th century; Bruce’s Bill; c19th; Criminal Law Amendment Bill; nineteenth century; LNA; venereal diseases; Repeal Movement; social purity movement; regulated prostitution system; Provincial Repealers; Male Repealers; Repeal Bill; Repeal Campaign; James Stansfeld; Equal Moral Standards; George Butler; Military Expenditure; Material Considerations; Earl De Grey; Mrs Tanner