Improper Advances

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Sex, Shame, and Resistance: The Social and Historical Meaning of Rape
2. Discourses of Danger: The Social and Spatial Settings of Violence
3. Maidenly Girls and Designing Women: Prosecutions for Consensual Sex
4. Spectacle, Scandal, and Spicy Stories
5. From the Parlor to the Kitchen: Courtship, Popular Mores, and Regulation
6. Sex and the Single-Industry Community: The Social and Moral Reputation of Rural and Northern Ontario
Conclusion: The Double Standard, Twice Over
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index