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29 Cards in this Set
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The Case of Miss H.
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- 1899
- 18 year old girl - "mostly normal" - "disordered, bizarre, introspective" - "very unstable and hysterical" - "tendency to adopt peculiar postures in bed:" - "whispers - thought that hysteria was caused by "real organic conditions" |
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How did Foucault explain hysteria in women?
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According to their female organs
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Dr. Bucke
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- Medical School at McGill 1862
- opened the London Asylum for the Insane |
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What year did the London Asylum for the Insane open?
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1870
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Who was Hobbs (Asylum for insane)?
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Bucke's surgeon
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What operations did they do at London Asylum for the Insane?
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- operation on avaries (1893)
- gynaecological operations |
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Did the women actually get better from the gynaecological exams?
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NO
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Was the field of psychiatry regared as a legitimate medical field?
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NO
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What did they change the name of "London Asluym for the Insane" to and why?
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"Hospital for the Insane"
- asylum had negative connotations - attempt for psychology professionals to "professionalize" their field |
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How to Bucke get public support?
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- goes to women's groups
- went to National Council of Women |
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What type of women went to the asylum
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- married women in 20s-40s
- middle class |
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Why did women choose to go to the asylum?
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- fatigued with marriage
- exhausted by childbirth - socially acceptable refuge for women |
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Hysterical woman & Power/Knowledge
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- cultural association between women's sexuality and female frailty
- 1910 - women accept femininity with unquestioning obedience |
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Hysteria is connected to women's right to _____
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VOTE
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Old understanding of prostitution
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Ultimate form of sexual degradation
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Modern understanding of prostitution
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Economic choice made by some women
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Mary Smith
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Early 19th c
Montreal received small gifts from others charged with vagrancy |
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Vagrancy
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- broad terms
- catches multiple offences - loose, idle, disorderly, inebriated, no employment, insane, physically or verbally aggressive |
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Jane Hicks
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- 1831-1833
- arrested 3 times for vagrancy - stole children's clothes because she was in poverty and could not provide for her family |
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Magdalene Homes
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- establish by religious workers
- Montreal - "houses of refuge" |
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Change in view of prostitution in late 19th/early 20th century
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- Seen as "the social evil"
- rise in moral and reform movement - change in practices of policing |
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What was the #1 issue in social purity movement?
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PROSTITUTION
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What are the 3 things needed for a moral panic
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- texts/books/literature
- organization (EX. national committee for suppression for white slave traffic) - vice commission of inquiry (study problem, report) |
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When and where was the first Morality department established?
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Toronto
1886 |
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What were the two types of policing for prostitution?
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- clamp down on sex trade
- confine and regulate sex trade to a specific zone |
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What is the zone of toleration for prostitution called?
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"Red Light District"
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Point Douglas, Winnipeg
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McCrae creates official red light district
- 1909 - prostitutes will not be harassed - houses run by madams - rough life - VD, unwanted pregnancy, botched abortions |
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In 1910, how many brothels were in Point Douglas?
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50
- 250 women earning $18/week |
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What year were the two amendments on prostitution to the Criminal Code?
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1913 1915 |
