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Feminist heterosexuality

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posted on 2023-06-08, 05:49 authored by Margaretta JollyMargaretta Jolly
This article explores the vexed relationship between feminism and heterosexuality from the point of view of the desire for politics, rather than the more usual take of finding a politics of desire. Sexual and emotional passions and repressions arise in any liberation movement, and often are integral to the meaning and shape that political activism takes. Women's movements have been no exception, although those movements have been extremely varied in their attitudes towards heterosexuality. I argue that women need to be passionate about each other for their political alliances to be strong, even as feminism, thankfully, is moving out of earlier, more intolerant sexual stages.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Critical Quarterly

ISSN

00111562

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing

Issue

3

Volume

47

Page range

17-29

Pages

13.0

Department affiliated with

  • English Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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