Sexed up: how society sexualizes us, and how we can fight back
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1541674804
ISBN 13
9781541674806
Category
Cultural Criticism
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Publication Year
2022
Publisher
Pages
309
Subject
Sex Social aspects United States. Gender identity United States. Transgender people United States. Sexual minorities United States. Sex in mass media.
Abstract
Julia Serano reveals how society sexualizes everyone - not just women - along dehumanizing double standards, to disastrous effects. She shows how a predator-and-prey dynamic leads straight men to both admire and deride their partners, how bisexuals are stereotyped as "greedy," and how trans people are maligned as "entrappers" of cisgender people. She unpacks why queerness is thought of as contagious, how people of colour are sexualized to justify violence against them, and how sexualization harms us all.
Number of Copies
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