Sexual Freedom

(see also Sexual Repression, Pornography, Prostitution, & Reproductive Rights)

Basics

On the Web: Articles

Make Love, not War on Love. Ellen Goodman, Washington Post Writers' Group (n.d.). On Lawrence v. Texas case then before US Supreme Court. Court's decision overthrew remaining state "sodomy laws."

Anarchosyndicalism & the Sexual Reform Movement in the Weimar Republic. Dieter Nelles (2000).

On the Web: Specialized Sites

Institute on Religion & Democracy (IRD).

National Coalition for Sexual Freedom.

National Sexuality Resource Center.

Sexual Freedom Coalition (UK).

Sexual Freedom Legal Defense & Education Fund.

In the Library: Articles

In the Library: Non-Fiction Books

Abramson, Paul & Steven Pinkerton & Mark Huppin. Sexual Rights in America (New York: NYU Press, 2003).

Allyn, David. Make Love Not War: The Sexual Revolution, an Unfettered History (Boston: Little, Brown, 2000).

Altman, Dennis. Global Sex (Chicago: U. of Chicago, 2003).

Gamson, Joshua. Freaks Talk Back: Tabloid Talk Shows & Sexual Nonconformity (Chicago: U. Chicago, 1999).

Grossman, Atina. Reforming Sex: The German Movement for Birth Control & Abortion Reform, 1920-1950 (NY: Oxford, 1995).

Kamen, Paula. Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution (NY: Broadway, 2002).

Laqueur, Thomas W. Solitary Sex: A Cultural History of Masturbation (Cambridge MA: MIT, 2003).

Matik, Wendy-O. Redefining Our Relationships: Guidelines for Responsible Open Relationships (San Francisco: Defiant Times, 2004).

Meyerowitz, Joanne. How Sex Changed: A History of Transsexuality in the US (Cambridge MA: Harvard, 2002).

Patton, Cindy. Fatal Advice: How Safe-Sex Education Went Wrong (Durham, NC : Duke U. ,1996).

Tolman, Deborah L. Dilemmas of Desire: Teenage Girls Talk about Sexuality (Cambridge MA: Harvard, 2002).

In the Library: Fiction

In the Library: For Young Readers

In the Library: Poetry

In the Library: Drama

In the Library: Photography

CD & Audio

Film & Video

"Sex in the 20th C." [2001], by MPH Entertainment (History Channel), 180m in 4 cassettes. From New Video.