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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.
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PAUL MCHUGH reported news for The San Francisco Chronicle and other journals for more than twenty years. His main beat was outdoor sport, resource use, and environmental issues, and he launched several investigative series during his time at the paper. He continues to "string" for the New York Times, Washington Post, Bay Nature Magazine, and other publications. McHugh is an award-winning writer and an avid adventurer and outdoor sportsman. He currently lives near Stanford, California, with his wife Dawn Garcia. Deadlines is McHugh's third book and his second novel. Discover more about his life and works at www.paulmchugh.net.
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- PublisherSt. Martin's Press
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0312652119
- ISBN 13 9780312652111
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages306
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Prostitution and Victorian Social Reform
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ISBN 13: 9780312652111
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