Feminists

Neoma

(10,039 posts) Tue Apr 24, 2012, 01:22 PM Apr 2012

Tut-tutting over sex is a form of bondage

Sex and feminism are intimately connected. Feminism is a multi-faceted movement, but a permanent point of negotiation has been sexual freedom for women. The contraceptive pill was made available to women both married and unmarried in the 60s, bras were burned in the 70s, Fatal Attraction did nothing good for women in the 80s, and Madonna simulated masturbation on stage in the 90s.

But in April 2012, Newsweek turned back the clock. The influential magazine's cover article, complete with an image of a blindfolded female model, critiques how women are having sex. According to the author Katie Roiphe, the fantasy of being sexually submissive is running rampant because women have too much power in the workplace. Burdened by ''free will'' and the responsibilities of breadwinning, the generations who've grown up with more power than ever before are reverting when it comes to sex.

atheous

(37 posts)

1. yeah well..

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 01:31 PM

Apr 2012

This is what happens when women are allowed to have s...s...
OH! I just can't bring myself to utter that filthy word!
Save me from my sins Ann!

libodem

(19,288 posts)

2. I find this interesting

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 01:32 PM

Apr 2012

Thanks, Neoma.

GodlessBiker

(6,314 posts)

3. If true, this couldn't have anything to do with women having the power to fulfill whatever fantasies

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 01:37 PM

Apr 2012

they might have because they are becoming independent through the workplace, could it?

Moreover, as a gay man, I have had my fair share of experiences with men (both gay and straight, actually) who are powerful in the workplace but want to be submissive in bed, at least some of the time. I think this, as it would with women, is more of a search for balance than it is reverting to some primordial predisposition.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

4. From what I've heard, the worst thing about "50 shades of grey" is the atrocious writing.

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 03:45 PM

Apr 2012

But it got its start as "Twilight" fan fiction, so.... I'll stop now.

stevenleser

(32,886 posts)

5. Yes, when someone opines about what X group wants about sex its usually projection.

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Tue Apr 24, 2012, 10:29 PM

Apr 2012

What we really learned from this article is what Katie Roiphe secretly dreams about. Nothing more. And there is nothing wrong with being dominant or submissive or whatever else. The error Katie makes is projecting this secret desire on all other women.

Vanje

(9,766 posts)

6. hahaha

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Wed Apr 25, 2012, 02:35 PM

Apr 2012

I first read the headline as, " Tu-tu ing over sex is a form of bondage"

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)

7. Salon criticism of the Roiphe article

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Sat Apr 28, 2012, 02:58 PM

Apr 2012

http://www.salon.com/topic/katie_roiphe/

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