Question 2:
Do you think "feminism" is, and has always been, on the side of sexual candor? What camps, feminist or otherwise, have been most resistant to your work? (Based on your first round of comments, it seems that you all have had different experiences with feminism. Feel free to comment on these differences.)





Sallie Tisdale:

Betty bless you for hitting the sexual revolution in your forties. I was sixteen and knew nothing about men or women or myself, and spent a lot of time feeling guilty if I didn't feel as turned on or satisfied as I thought I was supposed to be by my partner -- and when I finally admitted to all the B&D fantasies, I didn't know how I could be so incorrect . . . it was a difficult time to grow up in, in its own way.

 


Betty Dodson:

That's exactly where feminism could have made a difference -- supporting you to discover your own sexuality before some uninformed brat claimed it was his. After all these years, the women's movement only knows what it's against when it comes to sex. We've never had a feminist theory of sexual pleasure. You remind us that it's still a young movement, and were not done yet. Wouldn't it be a blast if we we're just getting started? We could talk about what erotic freedom would consist of, and how people might overcome their pleasure anxiety. Now there's a conversation! Question 1
Susie Bright
Betty Dodson
Nancy Friday
Daphne Merkin
Sallie Tisdale

Question 2
Susie Bright
Betty Dodson
Nancy Friday
Daphne Merkin
Sallie Tisdale

Question 3
Susie Bright
Betty Dodson
Nancy Friday
Daphne Merkin
Sallie Tisdale

Question 4
Susie Bright
Betty Dodson
Nancy Friday
Daphne Merkin
Sallie Tisdale

Question 5
Susie Bright
Betty Dodson
Nancy Friday
Daphne Merkin
Sallie Tisdale

Question 6
Susie Bright
Betty Dodson
Nancy Friday
Daphne Merkin
Sallie Tisdale




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