Regulating girls and women : sexuality, family, and the law in Ontario, 1920-1960 /
Sangster, Joan, 1952-
Regulating girls and women : sexuality, family, and the law in Ontario, 1920-1960 / Sexuality, family, and the law in Ontario, 1920-1960. Joan Sangster. - Don Mills, Ontario ; New York [New York] : Oxford University Press, (c)2001. Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations. - Canadian social history series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Incest, the sexual abuse of children, and the power of familialism -- Rhetoric of shame, reality of leniency : wife assault and the law -- Prostitution and promiscuity : sexual regulation and the law -- "Out of control" : girls in conflict with the law -- Native women, sexuality, and the law -- Conclusion.
9781442623507
Girls--Social conditions.--Ontario
Girls--Sexual behavior--Ontario.
Girls--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Ontario--20th century.
Sexual harassment of women--History--Ontario--20th century.
Domestic relations--History--Ontario--20th century.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Ontario--20th century.
Domestic relations.
Girls.
Sexual harassment of women.
Women.
Electronic Books.
HQ777 / .R448 2015
Regulating girls and women : sexuality, family, and the law in Ontario, 1920-1960 / Sexuality, family, and the law in Ontario, 1920-1960. Joan Sangster. - Don Mills, Ontario ; New York [New York] : Oxford University Press, (c)2001. Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (viii, 278 pages) : illustrations. - Canadian social history series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- Incest, the sexual abuse of children, and the power of familialism -- Rhetoric of shame, reality of leniency : wife assault and the law -- Prostitution and promiscuity : sexual regulation and the law -- "Out of control" : girls in conflict with the law -- Native women, sexuality, and the law -- Conclusion.
9781442623507
Girls--Social conditions.--Ontario
Girls--Sexual behavior--Ontario.
Girls--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Ontario--20th century.
Sexual harassment of women--History--Ontario--20th century.
Domestic relations--History--Ontario--20th century.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Ontario--20th century.
Domestic relations.
Girls.
Sexual harassment of women.
Women.
Electronic Books.
HQ777 / .R448 2015