American Sexual Character: Sex, Gender, and National Identity in the Kinsey Reports

Contents

contents list of illustrations / vii acknowledgments / ix introduction / 1 one. “sexual order in our nation” American Sexuality and National Character in the Postwar United States / 17 two. “a missing sense of maleness” Male Heterosexuality, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, and the Crisis of American Masculinity / 54 three. “much the same desires as men” Sexual Behavior in the Human Female and the “American Woman” / 86 four. “i’m a much better citizen than if i were single” Remaking Postwar Marriage and Reconfiguring Marital Sexuality / 128 five. “an age of sexual ambiguity” Homosexuality and National Character in the Postwar United States / 165 epilogue. “all america is one big orgone box” American Sexual Character Revisited / 199 notes / 219 selected bibliography / 255 index / 287 ...