That was funny.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Asher Haig" <ahaig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: Foucault and sex (Fist-Fucking)
> Much to the contrary I don't think that "fist-fucking" is a use of violent
> language, but instead a reference to a term of art (figuratively and in
> Foucault's sense, literally). I think that it is an important note when
> considering whether Foucault's discussion of sexual experimentation (the
> creation of the self - one example being fist-fucking) is a "bourgeois
> practice."
>
> On the other hand, if it is violent language, perhaps that is part of what
> may be necessary in the care of the self? Fist-fucking is not violent in
the
> traditional sense, but violent (potentially) in the manner that it
subverts
> traditional pathologies of sex and acceptability.
>
> ---
>
> Asher Haig ahaig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dartmouth 2004
>
>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Asher Haig" <ahaig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: Foucault and sex (Fist-Fucking)
> Much to the contrary I don't think that "fist-fucking" is a use of violent
> language, but instead a reference to a term of art (figuratively and in
> Foucault's sense, literally). I think that it is an important note when
> considering whether Foucault's discussion of sexual experimentation (the
> creation of the self - one example being fist-fucking) is a "bourgeois
> practice."
>
> On the other hand, if it is violent language, perhaps that is part of what
> may be necessary in the care of the self? Fist-fucking is not violent in
the
> traditional sense, but violent (potentially) in the manner that it
subverts
> traditional pathologies of sex and acceptability.
>
> ---
>
> Asher Haig ahaig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Dartmouth 2004
>
>