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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
challenging
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reflexiones muy necesarias sobre la política del consentimiento, el deseo y hasta qué punto puede el Estado involucrarse
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informative
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informative
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merci Clara Serra,
d'enfin poser des mots
cette lecture m'a beaucoup appris
mais aussi et surtout soulagée, rassurée
d'enfin poser des mots
cette lecture m'a beaucoup appris
mais aussi et surtout soulagée, rassurée
A short but very compelling essay on the topic of sexual consent that has lately taken up the European legal and public debates.
Clara Serra contextualizes the roots of the issue in the feminist sex wars of the second part of twentieth-century America, which saw debates between theorists like Catharine MacKinnon who argued that consent was materially impossible given the male domination on women, and the liberal-oriented idea of consent as just another form of contract ratified with a simple "yes."
Serra draws from these two intellectual currents to give a definition of consent, that she distinguishes from desire. Following Judith Butler's remarks that sexuality must always be contextualized, she argues that is not a "yes" or "no" that constitutes consent but the possibility thereof of sharing and revoking these thoughts at any given moment. If a "only yes means yes" law would pass, it would give tremendous power to the State to codify what constitutes "good" and "bad" sex, which will be more harmful than a so-called legislative lack of clarity.
Eventually, the author advocates for a right to not knowing and to explore our desires, and to explore them outside of legal frameworks. Even more importantly, she warns us against the looming trap of carceral feminism, which not only will not help women but also harm other vulnerable population.
Clara Serra contextualizes the roots of the issue in the feminist sex wars of the second part of twentieth-century America, which saw debates between theorists like Catharine MacKinnon who argued that consent was materially impossible given the male domination on women, and the liberal-oriented idea of consent as just another form of contract ratified with a simple "yes."
Serra draws from these two intellectual currents to give a definition of consent, that she distinguishes from desire. Following Judith Butler's remarks that sexuality must always be contextualized, she argues that is not a "yes" or "no" that constitutes consent but the possibility thereof of sharing and revoking these thoughts at any given moment. If a "only yes means yes" law would pass, it would give tremendous power to the State to codify what constitutes "good" and "bad" sex, which will be more harmful than a so-called legislative lack of clarity.
Eventually, the author advocates for a right to not knowing and to explore our desires, and to explore them outside of legal frameworks. Even more importantly, she warns us against the looming trap of carceral feminism, which not only will not help women but also harm other vulnerable population.
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m’ha encantat! analitza el consentiment des de diferents perspectives feministes, lo qual mha semblat molt visual per entendre aquest concepte q es tant dificil de regular..
mhagues agradat que hagues aprofundit mes en la seva opinio, ja que semblava molt interessant quan deixava caure alguna percepcio pero no hi indagava tant.
no li poso 5⭐️ perq crec q en alguns punts pot ser ambigu i parteix d’una base de societat patriarcal existent, la qual hi estic absolutament d’acord pero, algunes idees q defensa no es poden concebre en aquesta societat i penso q les defensa com si fossin plausibles, i n’ataca d’altres que tenen sentit i q es basen en l’experiencia real, en casos reals!!
tot i aixo en general ma semblat un molt bon llibre!!
m’ha encantat! analitza el consentiment des de diferents perspectives feministes, lo qual mha semblat molt visual per entendre aquest concepte q es tant dificil de regular..
mhagues agradat que hagues aprofundit mes en la seva opinio, ja que semblava molt interessant quan deixava caure alguna percepcio pero no hi indagava tant.
no li poso 5⭐️ perq crec q en alguns punts pot ser ambigu i parteix d’una base de societat patriarcal existent, la qual hi estic absolutament d’acord pero, algunes idees q defensa no es poden concebre en aquesta societat i penso q les defensa com si fossin plausibles, i n’ataca d’altres que tenen sentit i q es basen en l’experiencia real, en casos reals!!
tot i aixo en general ma semblat un molt bon llibre!!
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A veces gira y gira sobre lo mismo, pero en general es un texto tan conciso e inteligente como pertinente para debatir sobre los posos culturales que suben a la superficie de las formas más insospechadas.