[lbo-talk] Penile Invasions (was: Dull)

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Yes, but then it's still not the idea that anyone may
go where he or she likes for sex, other things being
equal, that is objectionable, but the underlying
imbalance of gender power. Jenny's explanation may go
to why many women feel strongly about their husbands
or boiyfriends cheating, though. Men, presumably,
often feel strongly because of jealously or wounded
possessiveness. However, I don't think our objections
to gender inequities provide us witha  reason to
endorse traditional repressive sexual moralities.
There are other objections to adultery, but the idea
that traditional moralities give women a weapon in the
struggle against their husbands is not a  strong one.
That is because those moralities themselves reinforce
sexism. This should not need to be said. jks

--- JBrown72073 at cs.com wrote:
> jks wrote:
> >I don't understand how this idea is supposed to be
> >patriarchical unless it is not reciprocal, i.e.,
> >unless the idea is that a woman may not also go
> >elsewhere if she isn't getting (ebough) sex from
> her
> >husband,m or theright sort. Are you saying that if
> you
> >don't get enough sex from your spouse, you should
> >either forego it or get a divorce, regardless of
> the
> >other costs, for example to the kids, and indeed
> the
> >benefits of the relationship, which need not all be
> >sexual? That sounds very rigid and Puritanical to
> me,
> >bot at all like you, Kells. jks
> 
> It depends on the circumstance, of course, but in
> some cases withholding sex, 
> say as part of a fight, is the leverage point for
> the person with less power 
> in the relationship.  So when that is easily evaded,
> by men going elsewhere, 
> it means women have less leverage.  Sort of like
> 'striker replacement.'
> 
> Jenny Brown
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