TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eisler,Riane
TI  - Sacred pleasure: sex, myth and the politics of the body 
SN  - 9780062502834
AV  - HQ 12 .E37 1995
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York
PB  - HarperOne
KW  - Sex customs
KW  - History
KW  - Sex
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Body, Human
KW  - Religous aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents; Our sexual and social choices: an  introduction; pt. 1 How did we get here; From ritual to romance: sexuality, spirituality and society; Animal rites and human choices: the roots of dominator and partnership sex; Sex as sacrament: the divine gifts of life, love and pleasure; Sex and civilization: the early roots of Western culture; From eros to chaos: sex and violence; The reign of the Phallus: war, economics, morality and sex; The sacred marriage in a dominator world: the metamorphosis of sex, death and birth; The last traces of the sacred marriage: mysticism, masochism, and the human need for love; pt. 2 Where are we and where do we go; From ancient to modern times: setting the stage; Waking from the dominator trance: the revolution in conciousness and the sexual revolution; Bondage or bonding: sex, spirituality, and repression; Making love or making war: eroticizing violence; Sex, gender, and transformation: from scoring to caring; Getting out of Prince Charming's slipper: sex, femininity and power; Sex, lies, and stereotypes: changing views of nature, the body and truth; Morality, ethics and pleasure: sex and love in the age of AIDS; Sex, power, and choice: redefining politics and economics; Toward a politics of partnership: our choices for the future; The New Eves and the New Adams: the courage to question, the will to choose, and the power to love; The Dominator and the partnership models
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