Women Like Sex? The 1929 Study That Challenged Victorian Beliefs
From American History Hotline · 36:25
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Decades before the Kinsey reports, Katharine Bement Davis asked 2,200 women deeply personal questions about their sex lives. Her findings challenged assumptions about women's desire, contraception, and same-sex relationships. So why do we remember Kinsey—and not her? Historian Anya Jabour joins Bob to answer a listener's question about this overlooked researcher. They explore America's first sexual revolution in the 1920s, Davis's transformation from policing women's sexuality to advocating for accurate sexual information, and the resistance her groundbreaking research encountered—even among its backers. Jabour is the author of Matters of Sex: Katharine Bement Davis and America's First Sexual Revolution. Have a question about American history? Send us a voice memo or video at AmericanHistoryHotline.com.
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