Speaking of Sex

By Antony Grey

Nowadays we talk about sex incessantly -- yet we still lack a comfortable language in which to do so. The 'polite' vocabularies of religion, medicine, law and sociology are too formal, value-laden and often simply boring, whilst the vernacular Anglo-Saxon words are regarded by some as 'obscene', and are frequently used by others in an aggressively negative, sex-hating way. Antony Grey criticizes the various rhetorics of sexual discussion, and points at the ways in which language often becomes a stumbling-block to mutual understanding and happiness. He calls for a thorough overhaul of sexual discourse, to pave the way for greater realism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304326984
• ISBN13: 9780304326983
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.4" x 8.4"