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Article: The Long Sexual Revolution: English Women, Sex, and Contraception 1800-1975.(Book Review)
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- Contemporary Review
- Article date:
- August 1, 2004
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The Long Sexual Revolution: English Woman, Sex, and Contraception 1800-1975. Hera Cook. Oxford University Press. [pounds sterling]35.00. xiv + 412 pages. ISBN 0-19-925239-4. This book, which began life as a doctoral thesis, is mainly concerned with 'the impact of women's changing experience of conception and reproduction, the foundation of the biological difference that is labelled sex'. Miss Cook divides her survey into three parts. The first is an historical survey beginning in 1800 and carried on till the 1950s which looks at methods of contraception and their effect on women's sexuality. The second part examines sexuality and sex manuals to give readers an ...
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