522 CHApTEr 2 2 | a ConSerVatiVe tenor | period nine 1980 to the presentreproductive consequences, advocates of the new chastity had to contend with
the permeation of the erotic throughout American culture, the expansive and var-
ied roles available to American women, and a contraceptive technology that sus-
tained the nonprocreative meanings of sexual behavior. A new sexual system that
harkened back to a vanished world could not simply be wished into existence....
—John D’emilio and estelle Freedman, Intimate Matters: A History of Sexuality in
America (Chicago: University of Chicago press, 1998).Using the excerpts, complete the following three tasks:- Briefly explain one major difference between Lassiter’s and D’Emilio/Freedman’s his-
torical interpretations of entitlement in America. - Briefly explain how one document from the time period not explicitly mentioned in
the excerpts could be used to support either excerpt. - Briefly explain how one document from Chapter 22 could be used to support the
excerpt you did not choose in question 2.
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