Regulating girls and women : sexuality, family, and the law in Ontario, 1920-1960

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Regulating girls and women : sexuality, family, and the law in Ontario, 1920-1960

Joan Sangster

(The Canadian social history series)

Oxford University Press, 2001

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-271) and index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction
  • Incest, the sexual abuse of children, and the power of familialism
  • Rhetoric of shame, reality of leniency : wife assault and the law
  • Prostitution and promiscuity : sexual regulation and the law
  • "Out of control" : girls in conflict with the law
  • Native women, sexuality, and the law
  • Conclusion

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