Books : Strategic Sex: Why They Won't Keep It in the Bedroom (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies) (Haworth Gay & Lesbian Studies)
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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.7
EAN num: 9781560239697
ISBN number: 1560239697
Label: Routledge
Manufacturer: Routledge
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 133
Printing Date: October 12, 1999
Publishing house: Routledge
Sale Popularity Level: 4572749
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With chapters from Ron Athey, Scott O'Hara, Tristan Taormino, Michael Scarce, and Kevin Killian, Strategic Sex: Why They Won't Keep It in the Bedroom explores sex in public -- performed, depicted, or discussed outside the 'appropriate' bedrooms and doctor's offices. This book examines why sex is brought into the spotlight, defying mainstream social codes of etiquette and obscenity. Readers will discover wide-ranging opinions and personal experiences from scholars, activists, artists, educators, sex workers, and pornographers who explore -- and sometimes demonstrate -- why they won't leave sex in the bedroom. Surprisingly moving, humorous, erotic, and intelligent, Strategic Sex shares episodes of powerfully affected lives, thoughts, and behaviors. Sex is revealed as more than merely a blind, animal instinct but a tool which can be harnessed to specific ends. The contributors -- heterosexual, homosexual, male, female, and gray areas in between -- relate and imagine ways of harnessing sexual energy. While some reveal goals as noble as rape prevention, improving women's health care, fighting racism, overcoming grief, and community building, others illustrate sex utilized for self-promotion or manipulation of groups and individuals. With a unique mix of fiction, analysis, performance texts and personal essays, Strategic Sex ultimately presents sex as a powerful influence on dominant power structures within cultures.
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I thought this book would be a lot of boring academics writing about sex, but it turned out to be much more surprising. The variety of writers and subjects kept things constantly interesting, and there was much to challenge my preexisting thoughts and feelings about sex. This was different from any book I've read on the subject before and, while some of the contributions are uneven, overall it was a startling and sexy read.
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