num_pages: 408
description: Now a classic in the field, The Horrors of the Half-Known Life is an important foundational text in the construction of masculinity, female identity, and the history of midwivery.
language: English
title: The Horrors of the Half-Known Life: Male Attitudes Toward Women and Sexuality in 19th. Century America
titlecomplete: The Horrors of the Half-Known Life: Male Attitudes Toward Women and Sexuality in 19th. Century America
genres: Nonfiction, Research, Womens
ratings_count: 17
publisher: Routledge