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We explode gender norms by exploring their incredible variety across time.
No Home on the Range? The Black Cowboy’s Short-lived Glory - Sex in the Wild West
The History of Sex
49 minutes 59 seconds
3 years ago
No Home on the Range? The Black Cowboy’s Short-lived Glory - Sex in the Wild West
Is it just me, or does the image of the cowboy feel Whiter than White? Yet, in actual history, 1 out of 4 cowboys was Black. The Wild West was surprisingly welcoming in some ways to African Americans, except when it came to interracial sex. And sex may be why it now feels like cowboys were all one skin tone. How did fears of miscegenation ultimately lead to the whitewashing of the Western genre?
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The History of Sex
We explode gender norms by exploring their incredible variety across time.
