Feminist sex wars: Difference between revisions

[[Third-wave feminism|Third-wave feminist]] writings promote personal, individualized views on the gender-related issues focused on during the feminist sex wars, such as prostitution, pornography and sadomasochism. Items such as sex objects and porn, identified by some [[second wave feminism|second-wave feminists]] as instruments of oppression are now no longer being exclusively used by men but also by women.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Crawford|first=Bridget J.|title= The third wave's break from feminism|volume=6|issue=1|date=Mar 1, 2010|page=100|doi=10.1017/S1744552309990346|journal=International Journal of Law in Context|s2cid=55396191|url=https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1873&context=lawfaculty}} </ref> Feminist critic [[Teresa de Lauretis]] sees the sex wars not in terms of polarized sides but as reflecting a third wave feminism inherently embodying difference, which may include conflicting and competing drives.<ref name="Code 2003 445">{{cite book |last=Code |first=Lorraine |title=Encyclopaedia of Feminist Theories |year=2003 |publisher=Rroutledge |isbn=978-0415308854 |page=445 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=EvDUSt-msIEC&q=feminist+sex+wars}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=de Lauretis |first=Teresa |title=Feminism and Its Differences |journal= Pacific Coast Philology |date=Nov 1990 |volume=25 |issue=1/2 |pages=22–30 |url= http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/marilynm/Theorizing_Black_America_Syllabus_files/Feminism_and_its_Differences.pdf |access-date= 7 February 2013}}</ref> Meanwhile, critic [[Jana Sawicki]] rejects both the polarized positions, seeking a third way that is neither morally dogmatic nor uncritically libertarian.<ref name="Code 2003 445"/>