How Long to Read Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man

How Long Does it Take to Read Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man by Thomas Foster

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

With few exceptions, sex is noticeably absent from popular histories chronicling colonial and Revolutionary America. Moreover, it is rarely associated specifically with early American men. This is in part because sex and family have traditionally been associated with women, while politics and business are the historic province of men. But Thomas Foster turns this conventional view on its head. Through the use of court records, newspapers, sermons, and private papers from Massachusetts, he vividly shows that sex—the behaviors, desires, and identities associated with eroticism —was a critical component of colonial understanding of the qualities considered befitting for a man. Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man begins by examining how men, as heads of households, held ultimate responsibility for sex—not only within their own marriages but also for the sexual behaviors of dependents and members of their households. Foster then examines the ways sex solidified bonds in the community, including commercial ties among men, and how sex operated in courtship and social relations with women. Starkly challenging current views about the development of sexuality in America, the book details early understandings of sexual identity and locates a surprising number of stereotypes until now believed to have originated a century later, among them the black rapist and the unmanly sodomite, figures that serve to reinforce cultural norms of white male heterosexuality. As this engrossing and surprising study shows, we cannot understand manliness today or in our early American past without coming to terms with the oft-hidden relationship between sex and masculinity.

How long is Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man?

Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man by Thomas Foster is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man aloud.

What Reading Level is Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man?

Sex and the Eighteenth-Century Man is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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