In defense of different sexualities; from long-term married heterosexuals to fetishist sadomasochists.
"Variation is fundamental property of all life, from the simplest biological organisms to the most complex human social formations. Yet sexuality is supposed to conform to a single standard ... We have learned to cherish different cultures as unique expressions of human inventiveness rather than as the inferior or disgusting habits of savages. We need similarly anthropological understanding of different sexual cultures ... A single act of consensual but illicit sex, such as placing one's lips upon the genitalia of an enthusiastic partner, is punished in most states with more severity than rape, battery or murder ... With oppressive laws, prosecution is persecution."
Rubin, Gayle. 1984. Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality. London: Routledge
"Variation is fundamental property of all life, from the simplest biological organisms to the most complex human social formations. Yet sexuality is supposed to conform to a single standard ... We have learned to cherish different cultures as unique expressions of human inventiveness rather than as the inferior or disgusting habits of savages. We need similarly anthropological understanding of different sexual cultures ... A single act of consensual but illicit sex, such as placing one's lips upon the genitalia of an enthusiastic partner, is punished in most states with more severity than rape, battery or murder ... With oppressive laws, prosecution is persecution."
Rubin, Gayle. 1984. Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality. London: Routledge
