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Sadomasochism and Exclusion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 March 2020

Lorena Leigh Saxe
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Abstract

Should Lesbian and women's events have policies banning sadomasochists or sadomasochistic acts? This question is being heatedly debated in the Lesbian community. In this paper, 1 examine the moral and political problems with sadomasochism from a Lesbian-feminist perspective, concluding that sadomasochism is antifeminist and antih'beratory for many reasons. Then, given this conclusion, I explore how events such as women's music festivals should determine their policies about sado-masochism.

Type
THE SEX WARS
Information
Hypatia , Volume 7 , Issue 4: Special Issue: Lesbian Philosophy , Fall 1992 , pp. 59 - 72
Copyright
Copyright © 1992 by Hypatia, Inc.

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