Maddie’s Reviews > Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America > Status Update

I'm trying to finish this book before my library trip on Thursday. I might actually do it.

Key takeaways so far:
1. Past is bad.
2. Monogamous marriage is the creation of capitalism.
3. Purity culture is eugenics in disguise.
4. Gender is whatever you want it to be and it's always been that way for all of history

The past remains horrifying! Wow! This book is not holding back any punches on the truth of marginalized people's situations!

Lowkey kind of wish we got a broader look of how marriage was perceived by Puritans outside of this one singular experience. But the chapter about Pueblo culture and sexuality was cool.