sexual politics
Bedroom power dynamics
Sexual politics refers to the power dynamics between sexes and genders, especially as they play out in personal relationships, workplaces, and institutions.
The term gained currency from Kate Millett's 1970 book and treats intimate arrangements—who initiates, who decides, who defers—as inherently political.
The sexual politics of the office made her promotion contentious.
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- wage gapDisparity in earnings
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- double standardUnequally applied moral code
power dynamics · male gaze · queer theory · reproductive rights · battle of the sexes · power · toxic masculinity · locker room talk · consent · walk of shame · intersectionality · glass ceiling · sleeping your way up · boys club · privilege · discrimination · harassment · empowerment
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- sexualityerotica, sensuality, lust, eroticism, intercourse
- gender rolesgender roles, masculinity, femininity, gender stereotypes, traditional roles
- French FeminismSimone de Beauvoir, phallogocentrism
sexual politicsforeign policy
International relations strategy
geopolitics · fiscal policy · realpolitik · trade policy · monetary policy
sexual politicsanti-feminism
Opposition to gender equality
male chauvinism · male supremacy · complementarianism · patriarchy · heteronormativity
politics, sexual, pansexual, sexuality, bisexual, homosexual, asexual, sexually, heterosexual