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
Permissions
Copyright American Medical Women’s Association used with permission
Repository Citation
Guinan, M.
(1988).
Virginity and Celibacy as Health Issues.
Journal of the American Medical Women’s Association, 43(2),
60-60.
Reston, VA:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/community_health_sciences_fac_articles/60
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