HISTORY OF SEXUALITY IN THE UNITED STATES

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This course explores how people living in the United States learned about sex. Together, Americans throughout all time periods have developed sexual cultures and norms and accommodated themselves to, ignored, creatively interpreted or defied or changed these cultures and norms over time. The course focuses on how sexual cultures and norms were taught and enforced, and different types of institutions and professionals (religious leaders, mental health professionals, law enforcement officers, journalists and popular cultural figures) played roles in this process.