{"product_id":"the-origins-of-sex-a-history-of-the-first-sexual-revolution","title":"The Origins of Sex: A History of the First Sexual Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eA man admits that  when drunk  he tried to have sex with an eighteen-year-old girl; she is arrested and denies they had intercourse  but finally begs Gods forgiveness. Then she is publicly hanged alongside her attacker. These events took place in 1644  in Boston  where today they would be viewed with horror. How--and when--did such a complete transformation of our cultures attitudes toward sex occur?  In The Origins of Sex  Faramerz Dabhoiwala provides a landmark history  one that will revolutionize our understanding of the origins of sexuality in modern Western culture. For millennia  sex had been strictly regulated by the Church  the state  and society  who vigorously and brutally attempted to punish any sex outside of marriage. But by 1800  everything had changed. Drawing on vast research--from canon law to court cases  from novels to pornography  not to mention the diaries and letters of people great and ordinary--Dabhoiwala shows how this dramatic change came about  tracing the interplay of intellectual trends  religious and cultural shifts  and politics and demographics. The Enlightenment led to the presumption that sex was a private matter; that morality could not be imposed; that men  not women  were the more lustful gender. Moreover  the rise of cities eroded community-based moral policing  and religious divisions undermined both church authority and fear of divine punishment. Sex became a central topic in poetry  drama  and fiction; diarists such as Samuel Pepys obsessed over it. In the 1700s  it became possible for a Church of Scotland leader to commend complete sexual liberty for both men and women. Arguing that the sexual revolution that really counted occurred long before the cultural movement of the 1960s  Dabhoiwala offers readers an engaging and wholly original look at the Western worlds relationship to sex.  Deeply researched and powerfully argued  The Origins of Sex is a major work of history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946454839349,"sku":"ByrdShop_0199892415","price":34.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780199892419.jpg?v=1769950014","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-origins-of-sex-a-history-of-the-first-sexual-revolution","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}