Lynne Segal

New Sexual Agendas Lynne Segal

Marc Notes: First pub. in UK by Macmillan; Avail. in cloth at $45.00 Conference papers...1994. Biographical Note: Lynne Segal is Professor of Gender Studies at Middlesex University. Her books include Is the Future Female?, Slow Motion, Sex Exposed, and Straight Sex. Publisher Marketing: Taking on those who would limit our sexual freedom, New Sexual Agendas challenges the notion that there is a fixed sexual behavior for men and women. The collection is a convening of the minds across disciplines: women's studies, literature, gender studies, cultural studies, history, politics, and education, as well as sociologists, medical doctors, and psychologists. Including well known thinkers such as Jeffrey Weeks, Leonore Tiefer, and Mary McIntosh, New Sexual Agendas explores our sexual legacy, from turn of the century sexologists to the inequalities of sexually invested social structures, from the rise of the Right and its portent for sexual freedoms to the myth of women as the subordinate sex. Along the way it explores the limits of trust in intimate relationships, the escalating AIDS epidemic, and the dangers of prescribed sex roles for both heterosexual and homosexual relationships. Publisher Marketing: In this media driven age in which private has become public we have seen the Stonewall riots, which launched the gay rights movement, Hair on Broadway with a nude cast, art from Mapplethorpe to Madonna, AIDS and safe sex campaigns, drag gone mainstream, and adolescents engaging in sexual activity at increasingly younger ages. At the same time, society continually tries to eradicate open expressions of sexuality and harass those who ignore the mandated modes of permissible sexual expression. Taking on those who would limit sexual freedom, New Sexual Agendas challenges the notion that there are fixed sexual behaviors for men and women. This engaging collection draws on a number of disciplines including women's studies, literature, gender studies, cultural studies, history, politics, and education, sociology, and psychology. Including well known thinkers such as Jeffrey Weeks, Leonore Tiefer, and Mary McIntosh, New Sexual Agendas explores our sexual legacy, from turn-of-the-century sexologists to the inequalities of sexually invested social structures, from the rise of the Right and its portent for sexual freedoms to the myth of women as the subordinate sex. Along the way it explores the limits of trust in intimate relationships, the escalating AIDS epidemic, and the dangers of prescribed sex roles for both heterosexual and homosexual relationships. Contributor Bio:  Segal, Lynne Lynne Segal is Professor of Gender Studies at Middlesex University. Her books include Is the Future Female?, Slow Motion, Sex Exposed, and Straight Sex. Contributor Bio:  Freudenberg, Nicholas Nicholas Freudenberg is Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Social Psychology, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York.