Definitions for sexual politics
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1. sexual politicsnoun

   The gender-based motivations and behavioral tactics present in the interactions between men and women, especially as involving manipulation and rivalry for power.

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1. Sexual Politics

   Sexual Politics is the debut book by American writer and activist Kate Millett, based on her PhD dissertation at Columbia University. It was published in 1970 by Doubleday. It is regarded as a classic of feminism and one of radical feminism's key texts, a formative piece in shaping the intentions of the second-wave feminist movement. In Sexual Politics, an explicit focus is placed on the omnipresence of male dominance throughout prominent 20th century art and literature. According to Millett, western literature reflects patriarchal constructions and the heteronormativity of society. She argues that men have established power over women, but that this power is the result of social constructs rather than innate or biological qualities.

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1. Sexual Politics

   Sexual Politics is a 1970 book by Kate Millett. Based on her PhD dissertation, it is a classic feminist text, said to be "the first book of academic feminist literary criticism", and "one of the first feminist books of this decade to raise nationwide male ire". Millet argues that "sex has a frequently neglected political aspect" and goes on to discuss the role that patriarchy plays in sexual relations, looking especially at the works of D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and Norman Mailer. Millett argues that these authors view and discuss sex in a patriarchal and sexist way. In contrast, she applauds the more nuanced gender politics of homosexual writer Jean Genet. Other writers discussed at length include Sigmund Freud, George Meredith, John Ruskin, and John Stuart Mill. Sexual Politics was an important theoretical touchstone for the second wave feminism of the 1970s. It was also extremely controversial. Norman Mailer, whose work, especially his 1965 novel An American Dream, had been criticised by Millett, wrote the article “The Prisoner of Sex” in Harper's Magazine in response, attacking Millett's claims and defending Miller and Lawrence, and later extensively attacked her writings in his non-fiction book of the same name. Richard Webster writes that Millett's "analysis of the reactionary character of psychoanalysis" was inspired by Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex. Juliet Mitchell argues that Millett, like many other feminists, misread Freud and misunderstood the implications of psychoanalytic theory for feminism.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sexual politics in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sexual politics in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of sexual politics in a Sentence

1. Sarah Jessica Parker:

   ( The #MeToo movement) would be rich territory for Sarah Jessica Parker to explore, carrie really talked mostly about sexual politics, and that is obviously a large part of #MeToo and Time's Up conversations. I'm sure she would have a lot to say, as would Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte.

References

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