Lesbianism and the Criminal Law: Three Centuries of Legal Regulation in England and Wales
In: Springer eBook Collection
1. Introduction -- 2. Mary/Charles Hamilton: eighteenth-century female husband prosecutions -- 3. Louise Mourey and the 'Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon' -- 4. 'Gross indecency between females': the 1921 Parliamentary debates -- 5. Victor/Valerie Barker: sexology and challenges to silencing -- 6. The Wolfenden Report: a shift in silencing -- 7. Allen: sexual offences prosecutions in the late twentieth century -- 8. McNally: sexual offences, gender and consent -- 9. Conclusion.