Recommended Reading #7: Shame, Association, and Transcendence
“Christianity Americana: It’s The Sex Stupid” by Liam Fox (Sex and Religious Culture) 8/1/10
I read this article last week (thanks to Barry Dank for bringing it to my attention) and found it one of the most compelling I had read in a while. It strikes me as such an important offering—not filled with anger or vilification toward those who may have expressed perspectives that appear to foster sexual repression and hypocrisy, but a straightforward examination of the societal and psychological factors that may be contributing to such a phenomenon. To me it seems that directing fury at and simply “writing off” those who have appeared to demonstrate such perspectives (maddening as they may seem) does not seem particularly helpful. I appreciate the view presented in this article that articulates a big part of what may be forming the basis of rampant sexual repression and vilification in current human society.
“People Against Bad Things” by Jean Roberta (Sexual Culture) 8/2010
This essay from Ms. Roberta on ERWA this month discusses the phenomenon of an association of fears in general with fears related to sexual trauma, nonconsent, and/or harmful consequences.
“Holy Lust” by Lisabet Sarai (Sex and Spirituality) 8/1/10
Given the topic of “Sex and Sin” on Oh Get A Grip! last week, Lisabet Sarai offers what I found a lovely discourse on the potential of sex as a spiritual experience.
