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contemporary sexualities
I'm loving Michael Warner's book The Trouble With Normal, and in keeping with this week's theme of lists I thought I'd post this passage:
"New fields of sexual autonomy come about through new technologies: soap, razors, the pill, condoms, diaphragms, Viagra, lubricants, implants, steroids, videotape, vibrators, nipple clamps, violet wands, hormones, sex assignment surgeries, and others we can't yet predict ... Civilization doesn't just repress our original sexuality; it makes new kinds of sexuality. And new sexualities, including learned ones, might have as much validity as ancient ones, if not more."
I had to use Google to figure out what a violet wand is. I feel so square. |
Friday, September 19, 2003
1:13 PM
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