"Sexuality in the Victorian Era"

In the early 1800's, Great Britain began to colonize new undiscovered land. It was in these new found areas of the world where the British began to spread their way of life. Protestant sexual mores had spread across Britain creating a society of little, if any, sexual openness. Britain became primarily Protestant and mores such as chastity or abstinence as well as sex with only one partner and other strict rules involving the roles of …

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