New Philosophies of Sex and Love by Sarah LaChance Adams

They think beyond the traditional pro-choice/pro-life dichotomy, speak to the manifold nature of mothering by considering the experiences of adoptive mothers and birthmothers, and upend the belief that childrearing practices must be uniform, despite psychosexual differences in children. The volume's contributors engage in sustained reflection on women's experiences and on the beliefs, customs, and political institutions by which they are informed. Every woman, regardless of her own reproductive story, is touched by the beliefs and norms governing discourses about pregnancy, childbirth, and mothering. more Coming to Life does what too few scholarly works have dared to attempt: It takes seriously the philosophical significance of women's lived experience. ' – Carol Hay, Associate Professor of PhilosophyĬoming to Life does what too few scholarly works have dared to attempt: It takes seriously the ph. ' From a new reading of Plato's understanding of erotic love to a scientific criticism of clichéd gender roles in heterosexual relationships, from a defence of polyamory to a discussion of the failed medicalization of feminine sexuality, there's something in here for everyone: a refreshingly varied collection of essays on philosophical topics in sex and love.

Ideal for students both in philosophy and gender studies, this highly readable book takes us to the very heart of two of the most important dimensions of human experience and meaning-making: to the seductive and alluring, confusing and frustrating, realms of love and sex. In twelve original and philosophically thought-provoking essays, the authors reflect on the broader meanings of love and sex: what their shifting historical meanings entail for us in the present how they are constrained by social conventions the ambiguous juxtaposition of agency and passivity that they reveal how they shape and are formed by political institutions the opportunities they present to resist the confines of gender and sexual orientation how cultural artefacts can become incorporated into the body and how love and sex both form and justify our ethical world views. This volume challenges some of our most prevalent assumptions relating to identity, the body, monogamy, libido, sexual identity, seduction, fidelity, orgasm, and more. more Our amorous and erotic experiences do not simply bring us pleasure they shape our very identities, our ways of relating to ourselves, each other and our shared world.

Our amorous and erotic experiences do not simply bring us pleasure they shape our very identitie.

New Philosophies of Sex and Love by Sarah LaChance Adams