— Lynne Segal, author of Slow Motion
Compelling and incisive reflections on the need for a democratizing sexual ethics for our time, involving care, responsibility, respect, and love. Not just a lucid and accessible book, this is an important resource for hope. (Lynne Segal, author of Slow Motion) Lynne Segal Compelling and incisive reflections on the need for a democratizing sexual ethics for our time, involving care, responsibility, respect, and love. Not just a lucid and accessible book, this is an important resource for hope.
\ Lynne SegalCompelling and incisive reflections on the need for a democratizing sexual ethics for our time, involving care, responsibility, respect, and love. Not just a lucid and accessible book, this is an important resource for hope.\ \ \ \ \ BooknewsComstock begins with an overview of the emergence of lesbian and gay neighborhoods in major US cities after WWII, and describes how the increased visibility of gays and lesbians was followed by illegal physical attacks that were socially sanctioned. He presents results of his survey on present day violence and compares his data with material crime statistics. He also studies the perpetrators and offers a sociological explanation for their behavior. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \