Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-1988

Publication Title

Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association

Publisher Location

Reston, VA

Volume

43

Issue

2

First page number:

60

Last page number:

60

Abstract

Sexual behavior is both a health issue and a moral issue. Hence public education on sexuality has traditionally come from two main sources, those individuals or groups concerned with health and those concerned with morals. In his book No Magic Bullet (Oxford University Press, 1985), Allan Brandt describes the tensions that developed between these groups over the control of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States early in this century. Both groups wanted to control sexual behavior, but for different reasons. Public health personnel wanted to change sexual behavior in order to control infection and disease, while moralists believed that sexual activity outside of marriage was fundamentally wrong or immoral and could not be condoned.

Keywords

Sexual abstinence – Health aspects; Virginity – Health aspects

Disciplines

Gender and Sexuality | Medicine and Health | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Women's Health

Language

English

Comments

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