User:The Anome/Feminism and sexuality draft

This is a placeholder for an article on feminism and sexuality -- or possibly feminist views on sexuality.

This is clearly a substantial task.

Edge cases?
Feminist views of BDSM, pornography, prostitution: big hot-button political issues, but edge cases in the overall world of human sexuality. Why does Wikipedia currently have detailed articles about all of these three, and not a coherent treatment of the huge issue of the relationship between feminism and sexuality other than in these edge cases?

Why do these three topics in particular get such coverage in Wikipedia? Things to consider:
 * All three were examples of what might be considered "sexual deviancy" from the viewpoint of traditional sexual mores
 * They were all key issues in the Feminist Sex Wars, which seem now increasingly less relevant with the passage of time.

First thoughts
The following articles all touch on this subject to one degree or another:


 * Feminist sexology
 * Feminist views on BDSM
 * Feminist views on pornography
 * Feminist views on prostitution
 * Lesbian feminism
 * Sex-positive feminism
 * Feminist Sex Wars

but there's no single overview article on this topic, which is peculiar, since there's a great deal more to be said on the wider issue of the relationship between feminism and sexuality, beyond edge-cases such as BDSM, pornography and prostitution.

Possibly also sexual health/women's rights articles such as reproductive justice? Argument against: sexuality is distinct from (even if very closely related to) reproduction.

Gender studies is clearly relevant, but don't want to drag in all of gender studies topics into this.

Sexual revolution is also clearly relevant: feminism pre-dates the sexual revolution, but reproductive/sexual freedom is clearly a major factor in the social background to the modern development of feminism.

Separatist feminism may also be relevant.

Also, the male gaze, heteronormativity, and other related concepts.

Madonna–whore complex, Marianismo, Slutwalk...

Freedom from sexual violence and oppression are obviously strongly related issues, cannot avoid being drawn in, but distinct from the central topic of the article.

Sex role changes? See http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=feminism+sex+role -- lots of academic material there.

Economics and sexuality? Feminism -> economic role changes -> sexual role changes? (See third-wave feminism)

An article about contraception and sexuality might be interesting, too.

Off-wiki materials:


 * http://www.google.com/search?q=Feminism+and+sexuality
 * http://www.google.comk/search?q=feminism+and+heterosexuality
 * http://www.kmu.edu.tw/~gigs/enrollment/doc/The_Feminist_Sexuality_Debates.pdf
 * Cornell University Library: Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: A Research Guide

Basic directions
Various possible attitudes/directions that have been taken:


 * Sexuality not a key issue, except where related to women's rights, freedom and equality: equity feminism
 * Rethinking heterosexuality: positive approach
 * Rethinking heterosexuality: heterosexuality as oppression
 * Lesbian/separatist feminism: either from a gynocentrist viewpoint, or in reaction to rejecting heterosexuality (as per above), or simply feminism from the viewpoint of lesbian thinkers
 * Rethinking sexuality from scratch -- gender studies, queer studies, etc.
 * Rejecting sexuality entirely
 * Sexuality as political (several of the above)
 * Personal sexuality, other than in relation to other people -- reclaiming your sexuality, Betty Dodson etc.
 * Breaking the relationship between sexuality and reproduction -- birth control is crucial to the development of modern feminism
 * Women's increasing economic power leading to more freedom and equity, and therefore greater sexual freedom too: rethinking of sexual relationships from that viewpoint.
 * Reclaiming heterosexuality (and every other option, including homosexuality, bisexuality, asexuality...), this time from a position of greater equality and freedom. (See Jolly (2005) above.) The rise of individualist feminism: see also sex-positive feminism, lipstick feminism...

Changing attitudes over time... a chronological structure?
First-wave, second-wave, third-wave feminism: different attitudes.


 * Historical feminist thought: see history of feminism?
 * First-wave: beginning with the Women's suffrage movement: equity feminism (mostly)
 * Second-wave: gender feminism (mostly)
 * Third-wave: with big changes in society, some measure of equality achieved, and more fluid sexual roles, the rise of sex-positive equity/individualist feminism. A synthesis of the first two?

Dialectical? Must be lots of academic stuff about this.

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