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The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, And Civil Liberties In The Gilded Age (2021), Farrar, Straus and Giroux, by Amy Sohn, focuses on Comstock's impacts on society, the Comstock Laws, and eight women charged with violating the law.
Anthony Comstock was one of the most powerful American reformers, who for more than 40 years led a crusade against what he considered obscenity in literature and in other forms of expression. The epithet “comstockery” came to be synonymous with moralistic censorship.
13 de may. de 2022 · Anthony Comstock convinced Congress that US mail was filled with filth. After they passed the Comstock Act, he became a fervent one-man censor.
7 de jul. de 2021 · Macmillan. In 1873, Congress passed a law outlawing the distribution, sale, mailing and possession of "obscene" materials — including contraception. The Comstock Act, as it became known, was...
15 de may. de 2024 · May 15, 2024. 4 min read. Disregard for Women’s Lives Explains the Comstock Act’s Origins. It Also Explains Its Revival Today. Activists who seek to revive this antiquated law share with...
12 de abr. de 2023 · Politics. A 19th-century anti-sex crusader is the “pro-life” movement’s new best friend. Anthony Comstock, the 19th-century scourge of art and sex, is suddenly relevant again thanks to Donald...
20 de sept. de 2019 · Not surprisingly, Comstock was an easy target for mockery. In 1905, George Bernard Shaw, the playwright, referred to censorship-happy moralism as “Comstockery” in a letter to The New York Times.
