"...sexuality that is "good", "normal" and "natural" should ideally be heterosexual, marital, monogamous, reproductive, and non-commercial. It should be coupled, relational, within the same generation, and occur at home. It should not involve pornography, fetish objects, sex toys of any sort, or roles other than male and female."
"Any sex that violates these rules is "bad", "abnormal", or "unnatural". Bad sex may be homosexual, unmarried, promiscuous, non-procreative, or commercial. It may be masturbatory or take place at orgies, may be casual, may cross generational lines, and may take place in "public", or at least in the bushes or in the baths. It may involve the use of pornography, fetish objects, sex toys, or unusual roles."
- Gayle Rubin, in Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality
Once I'd known this by heart. The other day, at a Voices Against 377 meeting, I was struck afresh by how each of these norms of acceptable sexuality are bundled together.
Getting married? Very good, very good.
Sex for money? Very bad, very bad.
1 comment:
Is marriage different for prostitution albeit it is legalized by the society.
At a particular age, with particular mindset, meeting of the economics of the families, dowry and blaah blahhh.
Only then you can even think of having relationship.
Lol
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