McCann, Brandy R.2014-03-142014-03-142005-04-18etd-05042005-163234http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32179This project concerns various 20th-century rhetorical strategies for sexual liberation. First, I examine the work of Alfred C. Kinsey through the theories of Louis Althusser and Michel Foucault. In the second chapter I look at Kinsey's Female volume and argue that he uses the mid-century concern for marriage as a strategy for sexual liberation. Next, I trace the ways in which four female, post-Kinsey writers use Kinsey (explicitly or implicitly) for their own particular strategies for sexual liberation. Finally, my conclusion asks how we can develop an effective strategy for this new century.In CopyrightWomen WritersFeminismKinseyFemale SexualitySex EducationThesishttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042005-163234/