Re: body mutilation/youth culture

[Goddess of Disco]

On Tue, 27 Sep 1994, Doug Henwood wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, 27 Sep 1994, Brian A. Luke wrote:
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> > one's body.  In my view, sadomasochism is THE form of sexuality that 
> > is normative under patriarchy.  So that's why I took body piercing to 
> > be inherently patriarchal.  
> 
> If that is true, why has sadomasochism come into plainer view with the 
> weakening of patriarchy?
> 
What weakening of patriarchy? Did I miss something?  Seems alive and well 
to me.  :)
Lori T.
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