Regulation 40D
Punishing promiscuity on the home front during the First World War
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4347366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Lammasniemi (0000-0003-2982-4997, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 584-596 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2016.1148506 |
| OpenAlex | W2317825536 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 4 |
In 1918, the British War Office introduced Regulation 40D as an amendment to the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA). The short- lived regulation allowed the state to remand and imprison a woman for the transmission of venereal disease to a member of His Majesty's armed forces. This paper examines discourses on national security and female promiscuity surrounding the enactment of Regulation 40D and the prosecutions under this controversial measure. The paper argues that the regulation was merely symbolic, and that it empowered magistrates to assess, judge and ultimately control women's sexual behaviour in the name of national security
Criminology · Majesty · National security · Political science · Promiscuity · Psychoanalysis · Realm · Sociology · Engineering · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Law · Psychology · World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |