Brian writes:
"The interesting thing is that he felt compelled to establish an "objective standard" for sexual feelings. What is that all about?"
I dont' think he used the words "objective standards." In his own day, the notion of viewing a woman as a sexual subject (rather than an object) was pretty radical. I assume he was interested in non-exploitative, reciprocal relations (even sexual relations) because he was interested in ending exploitation and because he was interested in freedom in a non trivial way.
I have no desire to interfere in any consensual sexual act between grownups. In my own experience I found S/M to be a crashing bore, but that's only insofar as I find any form of scripted sex boring.
Joanna