Sexuality in the Victorian Era

In the early 1800's, Great Britain began to colonize new undiscovered land. It was in these new found areas of the world where the British began to spread their way of life. Protestant sexual mores had spread across Britain creating a society of little, if any, sexual openness. Britain became primarily Protestant and mores such as chastity or abstinence as well as sex with only one partner and other strict rules involving the roles of women were adopted. These sexual mores had a negative impact on many societies in the 1800's. The criminalization of some sexual behavior had a harmful influence on men because it repressed a basic human necessity and thus created a crisis. The situation led to the escalating anger of men which then led to a demand from men for dominance, power and control. …