tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452483540659721212.post238787451969113314..comments2023-11-20T02:22:26.069-08:00Comments on An Open Letter by a Feminist: Blog Against Sexual Violence.Feminist Avatarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03364456372396228106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452483540659721212.post-55813570751327835692008-04-03T13:56:00.000-07:002008-04-03T13:56:00.000-07:00Thanks. Tim Hitchcock's book is great. Anthony Fle...Thanks. Tim Hitchcock's book is great. Anthony Fletcher 'Gender, sex and subordination' is also very good on this subject. The ability of history to make us question our conceptions of normal is what makes it so rewarding and worth doing (says the historian).Feminist Avatarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03364456372396228106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452483540659721212.post-7359639124357333022008-04-03T12:50:00.000-07:002008-04-03T12:50:00.000-07:00Yes this is an excellent contribution to BASV Day....Yes this is an excellent contribution to BASV Day. In fact Tim Hitchcock an English university lecturer has written a very readable book on how the construction of male sexuality has changed. Book is entitled English Sexualities 1700-1800. Yes, indeed until the middle 1700's women were perceived as having a higher sex drive than men which is why women's sexualities had to be male-controlled and subordinated to men's. Of course the only issue which has changed is the widespread belief that male sexuality is uncontrollable once aroused whilst female sexuality is still widely perceived as 'insatiable' if a woman so much as smiles as a man!! All good patriarchal excuses for continuing to deny women their right of sexual autonomy and ownership of their bodies. The myth men cannot control their sexual feelings is a classic excuse thereby ensuring that men are not held accountable for their sexual behaviour or actions. Women have to act as 'men's sexual gatekeepers.' How convenient for men.JENNIFER DREWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02112807166372869685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4452483540659721212.post-51358258527055095732008-04-03T09:25:00.000-07:002008-04-03T09:25:00.000-07:00Thanks for this post. It's a wonderful contributio...Thanks for this post. It's a wonderful contribution to BASV day. I didn't realize that the gender considered sexually insatiable has flipped.Marcella Chesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00131036408163541788noreply@blogger.com