Straight Sex · Rethinking the Politics of Pleasure

Is heterosexual sex inherently damaging to women? This is the central question of Straight Sex , Lynne Segal’s account of twenty-five years of feminist thinking on sexuality. Covering the thought of sixties-era sexual liberationists, writing on female sexuality from the lesbian community, and the more recent shift toward sexual conservatism, Straight Sex examines an array of issues, including sex as a subversive activity, the “liberated orgasm,” sex advice literature, gender uncertainties, Queer politics, antipornography campaigns and the rise of the moral right.

From the Trade Paperback edition.