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Episodes from "Sex and Culture in the 19th-century United States," Wheaton College (Fall 2009): 1 through 2 of 2

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  1. Charles Knowlton and The Fruits of Philosophy
    date 1832map NEW YORK, New Yorktags sex, contraception, Health/Death

    Charles Knowlton was one nineteenth century doctor who was not afraid to talk about sex. Despite prosecution and jail time he stood behind the ideas of his 1832 work Fruits of Philosophy. The book was deemed obscene for its discussion of sex for pleasure and birth control methods. Knowlton saw sexual desire as a passion that started in the nerves of the genital organs and extended to the brain. He...

  2. Marriage & Morality
    date 1851 to 1854map HAMILTON, Ohiotags Marriage, Reciprocity

    What does it mean for a man or a woman to be with their soul mate?  Over the centuries, marriage has separated into different types of relationships between man and wife.  Marriage has strayed from the original idea of matrimony into various forms of devotion.  Historians have noted specific trends in the history of marriage and how people relate to each other, such as Thomas and Mary Gove Nichols...