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Women and the Mental Deficiency Act of 1913: citizenship, sexuality and regulation
Author(s) -
Walmsley Jan
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2000.00042.x
Subject(s) - citizenship , legislation , human sexuality , mental deficiency , political science , psychology , gender studies , sociology , law , psychiatry , politics
Summary The present paper examines how women were targeted for sexual regulation and treated as ‘mental defectives’ under early‐twentieth‐century legislation, depriving them of citizenship. It also looks at factors which determined whether they continued to be detained in institutions or were ‘released’ into the community.