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[...] on an issue that is perennially contentious among feminists, [Angel] makes a clear and well-researched case for asking “whether the burden should be placed on consent, rather than, say, conversation, mutual exploration, curiosity, uncertainty – all things, as it happens, that are stigmatised within traditional masculinity”.
"Women are in a bind. In the name of consent and empowerment, they must proclaim their desires clearly and confidently. Yet sex researchers suggest that women's desire is often slow to emerge. And men are keen to insist that they know what women--and their bodies--want. Meanwhile, sexual violence abounds. How can women, in this environment, possibly know what they want? And why do we expect them to? Katherine Angel challenges our assumptions about women's desire. Why, she asks, should they be expected to know their desires? And how do we take sexual violence seriously, when not knowing what we want is key to both eroticism and personhood? In today's crucial moment of renewed attention to violence and power, Angel urges that we remake our thinking about sex, pleasure, and autonomy without any illusions about perfect self-knowledge. Only then will we fulfill Michel Foucault's teasing promise, in 1976, that "tomorrow sex will be good again."--Amazon.com No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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I found it very thought provoking, particularly the discussion of the focus on consent in sex positive circles. (Especially enthusiastic consent.) I was a little disappointed that the book didn't have more to offer in the way of constructive ideas for action, but I still was very glad to have spent the time with it that I did. These arguments could bring some much needed nuance to the ways that we talk about sex.
I gave myself some days for my thoughts to settle on this, but they are still whirling! I think that is a pretty good indicator of a good book by itself. ( )