History of female consent. From the silence of centuries to the age of rupture.
Arkhe| N° d'inventaire | 25040 |
| Format | 14 x 20 |
| Détails | 192 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782918682912 |
"If she didn't scream, she was consenting," "After all, she was the one who went up to the room," "Despite being 11, she only had to resist if she didn't want to," "She was wearing provocative clothing."
Sluts, frigid, chaste virgins, or seductive nymphs, sexuality has been, for centuries, the unit of measurement defining the value of women. As virgins, they were obliged to maintain a protective and enhancing hymen. As married women, they were required to consent to their husband's desires.
Marital duty has marked their existence for almost two millennia. Their desires were silenced, their consent ignored, their voices never found an echo: for centuries, their bodies belonged to men.
This book explores the intimacy of women and men of the past and attempts to give a voice to those who have long been deprived of one in history.
Maëlle Bernard is a historian of sexuality. Her work on consent to sexual acts received a special mention from the French Society for 18th-Century Studies Prize.
"If she didn't scream, she was consenting," "After all, she was the one who went up to the room," "Despite being 11, she only had to resist if she didn't want to," "She was wearing provocative clothing."
Sluts, frigid, chaste virgins, or seductive nymphs, sexuality has been, for centuries, the unit of measurement defining the value of women. As virgins, they were obliged to maintain a protective and enhancing hymen. As married women, they were required to consent to their husband's desires.
Marital duty has marked their existence for almost two millennia. Their desires were silenced, their consent ignored, their voices never found an echo: for centuries, their bodies belonged to men.
This book explores the intimacy of women and men of the past and attempts to give a voice to those who have long been deprived of one in history.
Maëlle Bernard is a historian of sexuality. Her work on consent to sexual acts received a special mention from the French Society for 18th-Century Studies Prize.