The dominating sexual ideals of this time was called Victorianism. During this time period women were expected to be passive and emotional and to concern themselves only with their proper place, the home. In contrast to the middle ages where women lured men to commit sin, in the nineteenth century the blame for lust was directly put on men. It was during this period that a woman's morality, taste, and feelings were more developed than men. Thus, the evolution towards today's sexual assault laws began to grow.
Men begin to become more liable for their roles in sexual assault towards women.
During the first part of the century, men believed that it took alot of effort to pursuade a woman to have sex, and that it took more work to get her aroused and orgasmic. The Kinsey group and Masters and Johnson helped, through their research, to partially shift these views. Today, in some circles, females are seen as sexual, and some argue that females are more capable of sexual response than males are. Masters and Johnson suggest that women are more sexual than men because of their ability to have multiple orgasms. We have not completely escaped the early time beliefs where women were thought to have magical powers over men because of women's seductiveness.