Sociology: sexual relations
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Growing up
£10.99Growing up
Was the 1960s really that great time of liberation, joyful experimentation and celebration of youth? ‘Growing Up’ takes an unflinching look at the dark underbelly of the sexual revolution.
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Is it ever just sex?
£18.99Is it ever just sex?
‘It was just sex.’ It’s a familiar claim. But is it really possible? The old idea that sexuality is a smouldering, animalistic force within us, desperate for release yet restrained by social forces, has little to support it. Bodies aren’t just sticks that make fire when you rub them together, and the pain, heartache, and regret that can accompany the highs of sexual excitement show us that much more is at stake. So, what are we really thinking about when we think about sex? And what are we really doing when we do it? As psychoanalyst Darian Leader argues, with his trademark clarity, energy and wit, there is no such thing as ‘just sex’. It is always about so much more than that – about phantasy, anxiety, guilt, revenge, violence, love – and Leader draws on his analytic experience, historical research and case studies to explore their importance to every aspect of our sexual lives.
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Oppositions
£10.99Oppositions
Nuanced, daring and tender, these essays from the celebrated author of ‘This is Pleasure’ and ‘Bad Behavior,’ consistently fascinate and provoke. Mary Gaitskill takes on a broad range of topics from Nabokov to horse-riding with her unique ability to tease out unexpected truths and cast aside received wisdom. Written with startling grace and linguistic flair, and delving into the complicated nature of love and the responsibility we owe to the people we encounter, the work collected here inspires the reader to think beyond their first responses to life and art. Spanning thirty years of Mary Gaitskill’s writing, and covering subjects as diverse as ‘Dancer in the Dark,’ the world of Charles Dickens and the ‘Book of Revelation’ with her characteristic blend of sincerity and wit, ‘Oppositions’ is never less than enthralling.
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Sexual Revolution
£10.99Sexual Revolution
This is a story about how modern masculinity is killing the world, and how feminism can save it. It’s a story about sex and power and trauma and resistance and persistence. Sex and gender are changing, and the world is changing with them. In this time of crisis, we are also witnessing a productive transformation: a revolutionary change in how we define gender, sex, consent and whose bodies matter. This sexual revolution is a threat to the social and economic order. It undermines the existing power structures and weakens the authority of institutions from the waged workplace to the nuclear family. No wonder the far right is fighting back so hard. Told with Laurie Penny’s trademark urgency and candour, ‘Sexual Revolution’ is a hand-grenade of a book: both a manifesto for social change and a story of how feminism can save us.
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The joy of consent
£24.95The joy of consent
In the #MeToo age, US debate over licit sex has split into two camps: one insists that consent solves the problem of sexual coercion, while the other equates sexual pleasure with the patriarchal erotics of silence and mystery. Manon Garcia rejects both positions, arguing that consent is a faulty legal threshold but essential to the joy of good sex.
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