Jenny’s Pennies

My post on what type of sex is feminist approved has been included at the 5th edition of the feminist carnival of sexual freedom and autonomy, hosted at Being Amber Rhea. Thanks for linking to me!

There is a lot of good posts in the carnival - go read! For instance this by sunflower_p to which I can only say yes, nod nod.

Anyone who sees female sexuality only in context of how men respond to it, as if it had no existence outside that context, is - intentionally or unintentionally - reinforcing the “women as sex class” paradigm, not subverting it. Seeing any feminist action only in context of its effect on men undermines its feminism by implying that what doesn’t affect men isn’t important.

And, y’know, sex isn’t an invention of Teh Ev0l Patriarchy; it’s just the way human reproduction works. A case can be made, however (historically simplistic, but more logically consistent) , that the stigmatization of sex as dirty, impure, and uncivilized (a stigmatization reinforced by that breed of feminist’s distaste for overt sexuality) is a patriarchal construct.

That’s not a reason to negate sexuality in the name of feminism, it’s a reason to celebrate it.

A-freaking-men. (And I had so much more to say on this subject but it’s late and I’m going away early tomorrow morning so it will have to wait.)

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