2012-2013 Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 07, 2025  
2012-2013 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

HIST 212 - History of Sexuality: 1750 to the Present

Type of Course: Lecture, Discussion
Covers the history of sexuality from the Enlightenment to the present focusing on Western Europe. Students will examine how different societies in different times determined what was licit and what was illicit sexual behavior. Considers the efforts of governments, religious bodies, moralists, the medical profession and interest groups to regulate, repress or indeed encourage certain behaviors and attitudes. Specific topics include marriage, prostitution, birth control, the emergence of homosexual subcultures, and sexuality as identity.