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Were respectable Victorians any more concerned about sex than their great grandparents had been?
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Were respectable Victorians any more concerned about sex than their great grandparents had been? Before one can answer the question above, two key terms need to be explained: 'respectable' and 'sex'. The Victorian climate was such that the term respectable is usually applied only to those members of society with sufficient status to be marked out as noticeable in a rural/urban setting. To this extent, it is perhaps more correct to realise that the question is aiming towards those Victorians of middle to high status than those of the middle and upper classes. More to the point, respectable may mean either those people of status, or those men of high status. 'Sex' is a term that carries two main connotations, intercourse and gender. Gender itself is a pretty wide ranging issue, covering the role of women in both social life and in the home, as well as increasing political activity...
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