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“By the twentieth century, when the individual had replaced the family as the primary economic unit, the tie between sexuality and reproduction weakened further. Influenced by psychology as well as by the growing power of the media, both men and women began to adopt personal happiness as a primary goal of sexual relations. Various”
― Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
― Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
“Abundant research on the history of sexuality in early America has shown remarkable variation. Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans developed unique sexual cultures in the broad context of colonialism and they also created new practices and identities through cross-cultural interactions.”
― Documenting Intimate Matters: Primary Sources for a History of Sexuality in America
― Documenting Intimate Matters: Primary Sources for a History of Sexuality in America
“In Connecticut, for example, a man confessed to having had sexual relations with a variety of animals since the age of ten; Massachusetts executed several teenage boys for buggery. Sexual relations with animals required harsh punishment, for colonists believed that these unions could have reproductive consequences. The mating of humans and animals, they feared, would produce monstrous offspring. For this reason, colonists insisted on punishing not only the man but also the beast, who might bear such monsters.”
― Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
― Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in America
