Reinventing Sex

The Oneida Community challenged American standards of sex and marriage

Lapham’s Quarterly

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The Oneida Community c. 1865–1875. Photo: Moulton & Dopp via New York Public Library/Wikimedia Commons

By Peter von Ziegesar

We are wonderful musical instruments; made to give and receive great pleasure in love.— John Humphrey Noyes

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