Megan Matichak05/15/2014Final Takeaway ExamShort answer:1. Charity Girls- Charity Girls is a demeaning term for the working class women who practiced treatment. This is the idea that women exchanged sexual favors for gifts and nice dinners without accepting money in return. This appears in the late 19th and early 20th centuries due to the rise of cheap leisure activities and entertainment. Working class women still made less money but wanted to be social and have fun, so this option gave them the freedom to do so. This is important because it didn't start out as a sexual exchange, but eventually evolved into that. This bordered on prostitution, and society viewed these women as hopeless, charitable cases. Today it's more like what you would call an escort service.2. Eugenics- Eugenics is a term coined by Francis Galton in 1883 and refers to the belief and practice of improving the genetic quality of the human population. This idea that it is possible to trace hereditary problems and find solutions to them has gained ground in addressing certain societal issues such as the poor and welfare. Two types of eugenics emerged, positive and negative, but in the United States, negative eugenics was preferred. This is the idea of ​​destroying the deficient and degenerate in the population to promote and preserve the fittest, a very social Darwinist idea. This is important for sexuality because many homosexuals were sterilized, creating the stigma that homosexuality was a disease that could be cured.3. The Lavender Scare – A movement in the 1950s to get rid of all gays from government because they were susceptible to blackmail. During this period, gays were fighting against the city and the police last... middle of paper ...... safe place ended in the refugee camps for gays. A safe and popular camp for them was located in San Francisco. Carl Whittman talks about his experience living in a dangerous environment and moving to a camp in San Francisco to escape. Additionally, the government has refused to fund or support the gay rights community. With AIDS becoming a major problem, the gay community needed financial assistance from the government and received none. Even if there was no way to stop AIDS, research could have helped prevent its spread. This had a negative impact on the community and shows how hostile the government was to the gay community. Overall, the gay rights movement throughout the 20th century struggled to gain acceptance and was negatively affected due to the way the government handled certain situations..