The Right to Sex
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| Author | Amia Srinivasan |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Feminism |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | September 21, 2021 |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-0-374-24852-9 |
The Right to Sex (published as The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century in the United States) is a 2021 collection of non-fiction feminist essays by Amia Srinivasan.
Summary
Srinivasan states that The Right to Sex "is a book of feminist essays – on rape and racial oppression, pornography and the internet, sex work and carceralism, pleasure and power, sex and pedagogy, the ethics of sexual desire, and sex and the state."[1] Topics covered include the effect of systemic prejudice and patriarchal expectations on sexual desire, the reinforcement of such standards by a lack of criticism and online pornography, and the consequences of poorly applied intersectionality and reliance on incarceration.[2][3]
Reception
The book has 12 "rave" reviews, nine "positive" reviews, five "mixed" reviews, and one "pan" review according to review aggregator Book Marks.[4]
References
- ^ "The Right to Sex". users.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "Review | Contemplating sex and other consequences of modern feminism". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "The Right to Sex by Amia Srinivasan review – the politics of sexual attraction". The Guardian. August 19, 2021. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
- ^ "The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century". Book Marks. Retrieved May 29, 2023.