{"product_id":"screw-consent-9780520295414","title":"Screw Consent","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen we talk about sexwhether great, good, bad, or unlawfulwe often turn to consentas both our erotic and moral savior. We ask questions like, What counts as sexual consent? How do we teach consent to impressionableyouth, potential predators, and victims? How can we make consent sexy?  What if these are all the wrong questions? What if our preoccupation with consent is hindering a safer and better sexual culture? By foregrounding sex on the social margins (bestial, necrophilic, cannibalistic, and other atypical practices), Screw Consentshows how a sexual politics focused on consent can often obscure, rather than clarify, what is wrong about wrongful sex.     Joseph J. Fischel argues thatthe consent paradigm, while necessary for effective sexual assault law, diminishes and perverts our ideas about desire, pleasure, and injury. In addition to the criticisms against consent leveled by feminist theorists of earlier generations, Fischel elevates three more: consent is insufficient, inapposi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Powerful and provoking. . . . \u003ci\u003eScrew Consent\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-read for those vested in better understanding of sexuality, sexual violence, and sexual justice.” * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Drawing from case law and written in an engaging manner,\u003ci\u003e Screw Consent \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the meanings of giving consent to sexual relations in unusual arenas where the definition and even the possibility that a traditionally defined affirmative, active, vocalized consent, legal or not, may be at best limited.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: When Consent Isn't Sexy\u003cbr\u003e 1. Kink and Cannibals, or Why We Should Probably Ban\u003cbr\u003e American Football\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Trouble with Mothers' Boyfriends, or Against Uncles\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Trouble with Transgender \"Rapists\"\u003cbr\u003e 4. Horses and Corpses: Notes on the Wrongness of Sex\u003cbr\u003e with Children, the Inappositeness of Consent, and\u003cbr\u003e the Weirdness of Heterosomething Masculinity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Cripping Consent: Autonomy and Access\u003cbr\u003e With Hilary O’Connell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: #MeFirst—Undemocratic Hedonism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Court Cases Cited\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402895794519,"sku":"9780520295414","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520295414.jpg?v=1730481797","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/screw-consent-9780520295414","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}