Abstract
This chapter explores the strong human passions and emotions in the Georgian era. It discusses the prolonged sexualisation of British social life and culture, with a greater freedom of discussion, liberalisation of behaviour, and openness (within limits) to exploring alternative sexualities. One effect of this experimentation was to challenge the Georgians with pointed questions about consent and coercion. The chapter then jumps to highlight the generation after 1695, in which perceptible changes in public manifestations of the human sex drive and sexualisation of British society and culture continued. It addresses the controversial topics such as contraception, abortion, erotica and pornography, libertinism, masturbation, sexually transmitted diseases, and prostitution—as well as crossdressing, male same-sex relations, and (mutedly) lesbianism. The chapter examines how the Georgians' open preoccupation with sexual matters prompted a degree of middle-class backlash from the mid-nineteenth century under pressure from evangelists and moralists.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
