Tag: US politics

Reverend Anna Garlin Spencer and the Rise of “Family Life” in Early Sex Education

By Kristy Slominski July 12, 2016 Religion and Sexuality 0 comments

Liberal Protestants influenced major shifts—and later divisions—among sex educators.

Presidential Penis Politics: A Micro-History

By Rachel Hope Cleves March 5, 2016 Early America 2 comments

Rachel Hope Cleves Donald J. Trump’s penis, size unknown, has reared its head as a political issue. On Thursday night, during yet another GOP presidential primary debate, the party’s leading candidate debated the size of his penis with rival Marco Rubio before an audience of millions. Mainstream media channels such […]

Sex and the American Quest for a Relatable Past

By notcheseditor March 14, 2015 Early America 0 comments

Thomas Foster I’m sure our TRUNNELS look’d clean As if they ne’re up A—se had been; For when we use ‘em, we take care To wash ‘em well, and give ‘em Air, Then lock ‘em up in our own Chamber, Ready to TRUNNEL the next Member. In 1751 the Boston Evening-Post […]