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Mistress ethics : on the virtues of sexual kindness / Victoria Brooks

Brooks, Victoria [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

xix, 176 Seiten

Englisch

Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke. - Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Brooks, Victoria : Mistress ethics. - London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022 (Online-Ausgabe)

978-1-350-19573-8 (pb); 978-1-350-19572-1 (hb)

978-1-350-19574-5 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff); 978-1-350-19575-2 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2021030306

9781350195721

OCoLC: 1337084142     

CC 7265      Ähnliche Literatur

HQ806

306.73/609

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LOC-SH: Mistresses -- History ; Sexual ethics -- History ; Marriage -- History

"The figure of the mistress is undoubtedly controversial provoking intense reactions, ranging from fear, to disgust and revulsion, to excitement and titillation, to sadness and perhaps to some, love. The mistress is conventionally depicted as a threat to moral living and someone whose sexuality is 'defective' and 'toxic'. Of course, she is a woman that you would not have as your friend, and certainly not your wife, since her 'ethical sense', if she even has one, is dubious at best. This book subverts these traditional judgements offering an unflinching look at the lived experience of the mistress and recasts her as a potentially loving, free, intimate 'other' woman. Drawing upon feminist philosophy, contemporary sexual ethics and the current cultural moment of #MeToo, Mistress Morality moves beyond a narrative of 'infidelity', conventional judgment, the safeguarding of monogamy and conventional heterosex that permeates our society. It asks what happens when we let go of our insecurities, judgments and moralistic relationship philosophies and opt, instead, for an ethics of kindness. A kindness underpinned by engaging with those deemed 'other' and learning from mistresses, both straight and queer, new ways of thinking about ethics and sex, meaning we have better sex, and can be better to each other"--