Sex and Intimacy revisited by Prof Lynn Jamieson
AbstractIt is more than 15 years since I wrote the book Intimacy Personal Relationships in Modern Societies containing the chapter Sex and Intimacy and I’m now working on a new edition. How much have stories of normal sex changed? Do themes of equality in sex, love and intimacy still co-exist with strong re-assertions of traditional and patriarchal versions of how things are and should be? Do radical stories from people shaping and reclaiming their own sexuality still coincide with the persistence of consequential antidotes to their accounts? Has there been a great leap forward in the aspects of sexuality and sexual behaviour that have been researched giving us better insight into the relationship between sexuality and intimacy across the whole life-course and all social groups? Are public stories and private practices in sexual relationships any more clearly indicating a trend towards equality, disclosing intimacy and mutually negotiated do-as-we-enjoy sex than they were 15 years ago?