Essays on Sex

Primoratz (YEAR) makes a number of points in the essay ôSex As Language,ö regarding the theories of Robert Solomon that sex is basically a language: ôàits grammar delineated by the body, the touch and the movement providing the phonetics, the gesture being the unit of meaningfulnessö (p. 37). Solomon argues that sex is a form of body language that represents interpersonal communication that is the primary goal of sex. He argues that sex is a body language in which ôàwe communicate to others our feelings and attitudes about them, and about ourselves tooö (Primoratz, YEAR, p. 36). Love plays no role in sex for it cannot be recognized from other feelings or attitudes being expressed through sexual language. I support SolomonÆs co

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es when engaging in sexual encounters. As to procreation, we both know we have talked about adequate protections and precautions, since you have expressed to me you only want children after marriage. As you begin to more deeply explore your sexuality, I want you to keep in mind that the patriarchy and social institutions (the media, the church, etc.) run by it has relegated women to an inferior position with respect to sexual activity. Women are often exploited or objectified through such institutions in ways that allow men to dominate sexual relations and in ways that are harmful to women. The entertainment industry routinely ôàpresents violence not only as manly and heroic but as great funö (Eisler, 1995, p. 253). All too often male violence against women, especially sexual aggression, occurs because we live in a society that values such behavior as manly even though it hurts others. Please remember that instead of being dominated in a relationship you are striving to forge a partnership where what is considered obscene is not loving acts of sex with someone whom you share mutual respect but acts that are ôàexploitative, degrading, and hurtful sexö and that violence with sex is not ômanlinessö but ômeannessö (Eisler, 1995,
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Approximate Word count = 1884
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page)

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