Modernity of sexuality(Memo)

Sexuality: A Very Shor Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Sexuality: A Very Shor Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Veronique Mottier Sexuality: A Very Short Introductionから。


(…) Modernity is a world populated by people who define themselves as gay, lesbian, strakight, bisexual, bi-curious, exhibitionists, submissives, dominatrixes, swingers(people who engage in partner exchange), switchers(people who change from being gay to being straight or vice versa), traders(gay men who have sex with straight men), born-again-virgins(people who have, technically, lost their virginity but pledge sex until marriage), acrotomophiliacs(people who are sexually attracted to amputees), fuverts(or furries – people who dress up in animal suits and derive sexual excitement from doing so), or feeders(people who orverfeed their, generally obese partners). The important point here is that we draw on these categories in order to make sense of who we are: we define ourselves part through our sexuality. (…) (p.1)
近代とはセクシュアリティによって自己定義(或いは他者定義)が行われる時代。人格としてのセクシュアリティアイデンティティとしてのセクシュアリティ
月並みかも知れないけれど、ここで、ミッシェル・フーコーの『知の意志 性の歴史I』*1をマークしておく。
知への意志 (性の歴史)

知への意志 (性の歴史)