Part I. What was sex?: The facts of life: learning about sex in childhood and youth; Sexual intimacies before marriage
Part II. What was love?: Romance and love: finding a partner; Married love: caring and sharing
Part III. Exploring sex and love in marriage: Birth control, sex and abstinence; Bodies; Sex, love, duty, pleasure?; The morning after; Conclusion: private lives.
Sex before the sexual revolution : intimate life in England 1918-1963 by Simon Szreter. ISBN 9780521149327. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.