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Inglis, Tom
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Origins and legacies of Irish prudery: Sexuality and social control in modern Ireland
2005-05, Inglis, Tom
The history of Irish sexuality remains a relatively hidden, secretive area. In recent
years some light has been cast into the abyss (Inglis 1998b; McAvoy 1999;
McLoughlin 1994; Meany 1991; Walshe 1997; O’Carroll and Collins 1995). Most of
the recent grand histories, however, have avoided dealing with sex and sexuality
directly and have focused instead on such issues as censorship, the multi-faceted role
of the Catholic church, fertility control, and, more recently, the sex-abuse scandals
involving the Catholic church.1 It is as if the old Catholic-church strategy of not
referring directly to sex and sexuality—for fear that it might offend or undermine the
innocent—still guides what historians research and write about.
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The double bind : Women, honour and sexuality in contemporary Ireland
2012-01, Inglis, Tom, MacKeogh, Carol
Irish women are caught in contradictory sexual discourses which create a cultural double bind. The legacy of Catholic Church teaching, in which the sexual honour of women revolves around their innocence and subservience, still lingers. This is gradually being replaced by media messages and images which portray women as sexually equal and independent. However, the media also portray sexually independent women as a threat to sexual moral order. The double bind reproduces double standards. The cultural contradictions in the way women are portrayed are revealed in an analysis of the reporting of events surrounding a court case involving the sexual assault of a woman. This analysis is put within the context of media reporting of other cases of sexually transgressive women.