Book contents
- The Sexual Question
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- The Sexual Question
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures*
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Regulating Prostitution
- 2 Protecting Men
- 3 Policing Women
- 4 Medicalizing Sin
- 5 Combating Venereal Disease
- 6 Abolishing Vice
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
2 - Protecting Men
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2020
- The Sexual Question
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
- The Sexual Question
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures*
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Regulating Prostitution
- 2 Protecting Men
- 3 Policing Women
- 4 Medicalizing Sin
- 5 Combating Venereal Disease
- 6 Abolishing Vice
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Latin American Studies
Summary
This chapter explores the implementation of regulation in Lima in the early twentieth century. It considers the increasingly public debate over prostitution, in which several groups intervened including freemasons, anarchists, anticlerical journalists, and feminists, and the arguments put forward by the medico-legal community in support of regulation in this period. The chapter also examines how the authorities used the powers to police prostitution created by regulation in order to shape its geography and character.
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- The Sexual QuestionA History of Prostitution in Peru, 1850s–1950s, pp. 60 - 105Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020