Question for any Victorian fans....

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 Since I'm finding it hard to pinpoint resources on this:

What was Victorian sex-ed like?  Specifically in the case of an only child, a teenage girl in an upper-class family.  How much would she be expected to know before marriage?  Would she be expected to be told certain things by a mother/other female role model?  Comments from servants?  Did marriage manuals exist then?

Of course, a lot of this may go out the window, as her father is steampunk!Jack.  But we'll see.

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Sort of a random collection of stuff that might be useful. Most of the references to sexual educations are in the 19-teens at the earliest.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Dennett

http://www.libidomag.com/nakedbrunch/archive/europorn07.html

http://www.villagevoice.com/2004-01-06/art/spanking-the-monkey/

The fifth volume is the one with the sexual diagrams in it, however I'm not sure the uploaded volume is the fifth one but here: http://www.archive.org/details/scienceinstorysa00foot

(note: racism of the time is rampant in the book)

http://www.mookychick.co.uk/lists/victorian-slang-sexual-terms.php

http://www.solarnavigator.net/animal_kingdom/animal_images/sex_education_victorian_postcard_stork_baby.jpg