Staehler, Tanja and Kozin, Alexander (2017) Between platonic love and internet pornography. Sexuality and Culture, 2 (21). pp. 1-20. ISSN 1095-5143
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Abstract
The article sets out to show how an holistic approach in matters of sexuality is always more helpful than one-sided approaches. On the issue of internet pornography, the authors suggest that the recent anti-masturbation online movement ‘no fapping’ is based on wrong conclusions from insufficient evidence. We suggest that a holistic approach is called for, with emphasis on the embodied human. Abstinence or what is understood by ‘Platonic love’ is not a solution, according to Plato himself. From a phenomenological perspective, we suggest owning up to our strange bodies and habitualising sexual activity.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Platonic love; love; internet pornography |
Schools and Departments: | School of Law, Politics and Sociology > Sociology |
Research Centres and Groups: | Centre for Literature and Philosophy |
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Depositing User: | Tanja Staehler |
Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2017 08:41 |
Last Modified: | 02 Jul 2019 17:47 |
URI: | http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/70401 |
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