Rebecca L Davis

Professor, University of Delaware

Rebecca L Davis is the Miller Family Endowed Early Career Professor of History at the University of Delaware. Her most recent book is Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and Sexuality in America (2024).

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A very American fear

Moral panics about erotica have coursed through the country’s history. Why do so many Americans think of porn as harm?

Rebecca L Davis