Yes Means Yes! Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape
by Friedman, Jaclyn; Valenti, JessicaFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-12-02
Publisher(s): Seal Press
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Summary
In this groundbreaking work--edited by writer and activist Friedman and "Full Frontal Feminism" author Valenti--the way society views rape in this culture is finally dismantled and replaced with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 5 |
| Offensive Feminism: The Conservative Gender Norms That Perpetuate Rape Culture, and How Feminists Can Fight Back | p. 13 |
| Themes: Media Matters, the Right is Wrong | |
| Toward a Performance Model of Sex | p. 29 |
| Themes: Is Consent Complicated?, Manliness, Sexual Healing, the Right is Wrong | |
| Beyond Yes or No: Consent as Sexual Process | p. 43 |
| Themes: Is Consent Complicated?, Sexual Healing | |
| A Woman's Worth | p. 53 |
| Themes: Media Matters, Race Relating, Sexual Healing | |
| How Do You Fuck a Fat Woman? | p. 67 |
| Themes: Media Matters, Much Taboo About Nothing, Sexual Healing | |
| Queering Black Female Heterosexuality | p. 77 |
| Themes: Here and Queer, Much Taboo About Nothing, Race Relating | |
| What It Feels Like When It Finally Comes: Surviving Incest in Real Life | p. 93 |
| Themes: Here and Queer, Race Relating, Surviving to Yes | |
| A Love Letter from an Anti-Rape Activist to Her Feminist Sex-Toy Store | p. 107 |
| Themes: Much Taboo About Nothing, Sexual Healing, Surviving to Yes | |
| The Fantasy of Acceptable "Non-Consent": Why the Female Sexual Submissive Scares Us (and Why She Shouldn't) | p. 117 |
| Themes: Media Matters, Much Taboo About Nothing | |
| Invasion of Space by a Female | p. 127 |
| Themes: Fight the Power, Media Matters, Race Relating | |
| When Sexual Autonomy Isn't Enough: Sexual Violence Against Immigrant Women in the United States | p. 141 |
| Themes: Fight the Power, Race Relating | |
| Trial by Media: Black Female Lasciviousness and the Question of Consent | p. 151 |
| Themes: Fight The Power, Media Matters, Race Relating | |
| An Old Enemy in a New Outfit: How Date Rape Became Gray Rape and Why It Matters | p. 163 |
| Themes: Is Consent Complicated?, Media Matters | |
| Reclaiming Touch: Rape Culture, Explicit Verbal Consent, and Body Sovereignty | p. 171 |
| Themes: Is Consent Complicated?, Sexual Healing | |
| An Immodest Proposal | p. 179 |
| Themes: Electric Youth, Is Consent Complicated?, Sexual Healing | |
| Hooking Up with Healthy Sexuality: The Lessons Boys Learn (and Don't Learn) About Sexuality, and Why a Sex-Positive Rape Prevention Paradigm Can Benefit Everyone Involved | p. 193 |
| Themes: Electric Youth, Manliness | |
| The Not-Rape Epidemic | p. 209 |
| Themes: Electric Youth, Fight The Power, Surviving To Yes | |
| Shame Is the First Betrayer | p. 221 |
| Themes: Here and Queer, Much Taboo About Nothing, Surviving to Yes | |
| Why Nice Guys Finish Last | p. 227 |
| Themes: Here And Queer, Manliness, Much Taboo About Nothing | |
| Sex Worth Fighting For | p. 241 |
| Themes: Much Taboo About Nothing, Sexual Healing, Surviving to Yes | |
| Killing Misogyny: A Personal Story of Love, Violence, and Strategies for Survival | p. 251 |
| Themes: Race Relating, Surviving to Yes | |
| When Pregnancy Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Be Pregnant | p. 265 |
| Themes: Fight The Power, Race Relating | |
| Who're You Calling a Whore?: A Conversation with Three Sex Workers on Sexuality, Empowerment, and the Industry | p. 273 |
| Themes: Fight The Power, Much Taboo About Nothing, Surviving to Yes | |
| The Process-Oriented Virgin | p. 287 |
| Themes: Electric Youth, Much Taboo About Nothing | |
| Purely Rape: The Myth of Sexual Purity and How It Reinforces Rape Culture | p. 299 |
| Themes: Electric Youth, Media Matters, The Right Is Wrong | |
| Real Sex Education | p. 305 |
| Themes: Electric Youth, Much Taboo About Nothing, Sexual Healing | |
| In Defense of Going Wild or: How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Pleasure (and How You Can, Too) | p. 313 |
| Themes: Media Matters, Sexual Healing | |
| Notes | p. 321 |
| Contents (By Theme) | p. 333 |
| About The Contributors | p. 341 |
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