Lynne Segal, "Straight Sex: Rethinking the Politics of Pleasure"

Is heterosexual sex inherently damaging to women? Is it possible for women to enjoy sensuality and pleasure with men that does not increase male power? Lynne Segal's unflinching examination of feminist thinking on sexuality over the past twenty-five years tackles these questions head on. Straightforward and challenging, she invites an exploration of sex in our culture–an exploration that could reverse the traditional male gaze and phallic construction of the heterosexual woman.