Yoni touch and talk: Sacralizing the female sex through tantra

Autor:	Carine Plancke
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Subjectivity 060303 religions & theology 05 social sciences Tantra Female sex Gender studies 06 humanities and the arts 0603 philosophy ethics and religion Gender Studies 050903 gender studies Anthropology Ethnography Sociology 0509 other social sciences Northwest europe
Zdroj:	Sexualities. 23:834-848
ISSN:	1461-7382 1363-4607
DOI:	10.1177/1363460719861832
Popis:	This article examines women’s tantric retreats in Northwest Europe aimed at developing female sexual subjectivity. Based on ethnographic study and in-depth interviews, it argues that the retreats induced among participants critical distancing from socially dominant representations of (self-)objectified femininity and pornified female sexuality. It highlights how, through foregrounding a view of the female sex as sacred, the workshops fostered experiences of embodying the divine as grounds for female worthiness. It further illustrates how intimate touch among women and self-touch were encouraged as ways to establish an erotic connection with a vital flow beyond a narrow focus on sexual activity.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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