Remarks on the Colonized Libido: Trying to Think beyond Patriarchy
In these remarks I attempt to think through some of the consequences of the way we conceive and live our desires. I try to contrast those desires with both our idea of freedom and the way we usually understand nature. This takes me quickly to issues such as pornography, male identity and then to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2004-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Estudos Feministas |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/8629 |
| Summary: | In these remarks I attempt to think through some of the consequences of the way we
conceive and live our desires. I try to contrast those desires with both our idea of freedom and the
way we usually understand nature. This takes me quickly to issues such as pornography, male
identity and then to how we gain and preserve our self-esteem. This, in turn, takes me to issues that
are somehow linked to the institutional and emotional structures of patriarchy under a regime of
heterosexuality as a norm. I try to consider these issues from the point of view of someone who was
trained within the practices and thoughts of masculinity and is bothered by the consequences of
such training. I endeavour to find a way to rethink the colonization of our desires so that we can
find paths to an exercise of our capacities of desire that could be somehow freer. |
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| ISSN: | 0104-026X 1806-9584 |