How Did the Arrival of the Medical Model of Sexuality

question 52

Multiple Choice

How did the arrival of the medical model of sexuality at the end of the nineteenth century affect views of sexuality in the United States?

• A)Physicians encouraged more women to enter higher education to improve their mental health.
• B)Reformers urged men and women to masturbate to relieve sexual tensions.
• C)Physicians advocated for self-restraint and abstention from masturbation.
• D)Sexual passion was seen as normal and healthy,especially for women.
• E)Physicians argued that unhappily married women should get divorced and work outside the home.

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