Prostitution and Irish Society, 1800-1940
Yet Luddy is right to include them in her book, because the Irish attitude to fallen girls was part of a confused swirl of attitudes in which Jansenist sexual morality, Victorian rectitude, and small-farmer prudishness made the girl who had a child out of wedlock indistinguishable from the women who...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Canadian Journal of History 2008, Vol.43 (2), p.303 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Yet Luddy is right to include them in her book, because the Irish attitude to fallen girls was part of a confused swirl of attitudes in which Jansenist sexual morality, Victorian rectitude, and small-farmer prudishness made the girl who had a child out of wedlock indistinguishable from the women who made a living in the sex trade. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-4107 2292-8502 |