Du contrôle disciplinaire au contrôle de soi : la sexualité dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du Plessis-Robinson (1967-1974)

This article explores the transformation of sexual norms in two institutions for pregnant teenagers in Le Plessis-Robinson. Prior to 1971, sexuality was regulated through disciplinary practices, without being explicitly mentioned in official archives. During the December 1971 strike at the Collège d...

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Main Author: Blanche Plaquevent
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Language:fra
Published: Genre, Sexualité et Société 2024-11-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/gss/9083
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description This article explores the transformation of sexual norms in two institutions for pregnant teenagers in Le Plessis-Robinson. Prior to 1971, sexuality was regulated through disciplinary practices, without being explicitly mentioned in official archives. During the December 1971 strike at the Collège d’enseignement technique for pregnant girls, the demands of the teenagers and of their supporters (particularly the French Women’s Liberation Movement) made this repressive system of control visible and prompted those in charge of the hôtel maternel, which opened its doors in 1972, to rethink their caring practices. More precise psychological and social monitoring was introduced, and the girls were reintegrated into mainstream schools. These transformations were accompanied by explicit discourses on sexuality which suggest a shift from a logic of repression to one of responsibility which illustrates the complex reconfiguration of sexual norms in the 1960s-1970s.
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Du contrôle disciplinaire au contrôle de soi : la sexualité dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du Plessis-Robinson (1967-1974)
Genre, Sexualité et Société
sexuality
May 68
youth
social movements
maternity
welfare institutions
title Du contrôle disciplinaire au contrôle de soi : la sexualité dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du Plessis-Robinson (1967-1974)
title_full Du contrôle disciplinaire au contrôle de soi : la sexualité dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du Plessis-Robinson (1967-1974)
title_fullStr Du contrôle disciplinaire au contrôle de soi : la sexualité dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du Plessis-Robinson (1967-1974)
title_full_unstemmed Du contrôle disciplinaire au contrôle de soi : la sexualité dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du Plessis-Robinson (1967-1974)
title_short Du contrôle disciplinaire au contrôle de soi : la sexualité dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du Plessis-Robinson (1967-1974)
title_sort du controle disciplinaire au controle de soi la sexualite dans les institutions pour jeunes filles enceintes du plessis robinson 1967 1974
topic sexuality
May 68
youth
social movements
maternity
welfare institutions
url https://journals.openedition.org/gss/9083
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