A decade of new legislation -- Disciplining sexual behavior -- Diagnosis and treatment : venereal disease as a social problem -- Conflict, dissent, and venereal disease control -- Birth control and social progress -- The Second World War in Richmond : protecting social hygiene -- The Second World War in Norfolk : struggling for control -- Epilogue
Summary
In the first half of the 20th century, white elites who dominated Virginia politics sought to increase state control over African Americans and lower-class whites, whom they saw as oversexed and lacking sexual self-restraint. In order to reaffirm the existing political and social order, white politicians legalized eugenic sterilization, increased state efforts to control venereal disease and prostitution, cracked down on interracial marriage, and enacted statewide movie censorship. Providing a detailed picture of the interaction of sexuality, politics, and public policy, Pippa Holloway explore
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index
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