Women's Studies 2163A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gayle Rubin, Blogosphere, Not I

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2163A/B
• Professor: Samantha Brennan

Document Summary

Gayle rubin (1985) on why we needed a revolutionary theory of sex: marital, reproductive heterosexuals are alone at the top of the erotic pyramid. Clamoring below are unmarried monogamous heterosexuals in couples, followed by most other heterosexuals. Stable, long term lesbian and gay male couples are verging on respectability, but bar dykes and promiscuous gay men are hovering just about the groups at the very bottom of the pyramid. The most despised sexual castes currently include transsexuals, transvestites, fetishists, sadomasochists, sex workers such as prostitutes and porn models, and the lowliest of all, those whose eroticism transgresses generational boundaries. (rubin 1984) The charmed circle: about being informed, recognizing that sexuality is fluid, outer limits are: non-consensual, unaware, singular, fixed sexuality, this understands and invites different erotic diversities, updated version: recognizing diversities. Important to note that there is some degree of power and pain exchange is common in peoples sexual experiences. I"d have more to work out as a feminist .