Chapter Three Female Sexual Degeneracy and the Enlarged Clitoris, 1850–1941

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction Rethinking the History of Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States 1
5. Chapter One Women, Masturbation, and Clitoral Surgery, 1862–1945 13
6. Chapter Two Children, Masturbation, and Clitoral Surgery since 1890 31
7. Chapter Three Female Sexual Degeneracy and the Enlarged Clitoris, 1850–1941 49
8. Chapter Four Female Circumcision to Promote Clitoral Orgasm, 1890–1945 75
9. Chapter Six Female Circumcision and the Divisive Issue of Female Clitoral Sexual Pleasure Go Public, 1966–81 123
10. Chapter Seven James Burt and the Surgery of Love, 1966–89 149
11. Conclusion Genital Geographies 177
12. Appendix The Clitoris in Anatomy and Gynecology Texts 183
13. Notes 195
14. Bibliography 239
15. Index 273