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The Origin of Queer Theory: Gayle Rubin's "Thinking Sex"

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The Consequences of Sexual Precocity

Theorists differed on the actual consequences of sexual precocity. Some thought it led to insanity, while others merely predicted stunted growth. To predict the young from premature arousal, parents tied children down at night so they would not touch themselves. Doctors excised the clitorises of unanistic little girls.

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