Towards a More Sex-Positive -- And More Relevant -- Left

[Dennis Perrin]

>And I won't begin to mention the numerous anti-abortion leftists who appear
on this list from time to time.  (In my personal view, the centerpiece of
anti-abortion activism (whether left or right) isn't about protecting the
fetus; it's controlling women and their sexuality; it's no surprise that
most "pro-life" leftists also happen to be staunchly sex-negative and
erotophobic.)


> Anthony

Well, I'm anti-abortion, though pro-choice, and I've gone to great lengths
in my personal and at times professional life to defend pornography and
eroticism (indeed, I had a commissioned piece rejected by Nerve on the
grounds that it wasn't "sensitive" enough, i.e., it celebrated, in what I
thought was a humorous way, rougher aspects of personal gratification). So
the above boilerplate is made of day-old horseshit, as knee-jerk as any
Dworkinite knob ripping apart a Penthouse in the twisted belief that it is a
"radical" act. Human sexuality can never be pinned down and accurately
defined any more than water can be nailed to a door. And this thread, one of
the duller ones of late (save for Liza's and Kelley's input), is another
example of ideologues trying to paste a PC name on something ultimately
unnamable.

DP