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.