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- Title
‘Boys, of Course, Cannot be Raped’: Age, Homosexuality and the Redefinition of Sexual Violence in New York City, 1880–1955.
- Authors
Robertson, Stephen
- Abstract
The article focuses on homosexuality and the redefinition of sexual violence in New York City from 1880-1955. By the late 1950s, the new relationship between gender, age and homosexuality evident in statute books. It notes that throughout the country, homosexual men were among the most frequent targets of sexual psychopath laws, with even those involved in adult, consensual relations often identified as sufficiently dangerous to warrant committal.
- Subjects
NEW York (N.Y.); NEW York (State); HOMOSEXUALITY; SEXUAL abuse victims; SEX crimes
- Publication
Gender & History, 2006, Vol 18, Issue 2, p357
- ISSN
0953-5233
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-0424.2006.00433.x