Family Life under Stalin

Sex/ Relationships

• after 1917 rev looked for sexual freedom
• free love= divorce & family break down
• 1934- campaign for sexual abstinence of young people
• police action against women with 'immoral appearance'
• medical virginity checks
• incest,bigamy,adultery & male homosexuality were legalised in '30 made illegal in '36
• no resources for the production of contraception

Marriage

• reemphasised during '30's
• romance & glamour shown
• wedding rings banned in '28 allowed…