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- Title
Bad Examples: Children, Servants, and Masturbation in Nineteenth-Century France.
- Authors
COUNTER, ANDREW J.
- Abstract
The article examines depictions of the relationship between servants and children's sexual knowledge in 19th-century French texts concerned with the management and education of servants. According to the author, these texts suggested that while children could be corrupted by servants, the ultimate responsibility for servants' actions lay with masters who modeled inappropriate sexual behavior. The relationship between ignorance and innocence is also discussed.
- Subjects
HOUSEHOLD employees in literature; HUMAN sexuality in literature; HOUSEHOLD employees; MASTER &; servant in literature; SOCIAL conditions in France; CHILDREN'S sexual behavior; HUMAN sexuality; 19TH century French history
- Publication
Journal of the History of Sexuality, 2013, Vol 22, Issue 3, p403
- ISSN
1043-4070
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7560/JHS22302