https://fstube.net/videos/watch/4c5369ed-1e5c-425e-b7f3-c40431733111 Published on Nov 24, 2013 The Society for Psychoanalytic Inquiry in 2013 Liberals talk about the toleration of sexual diversity as if this were a nearly accomplished fact, yet the psychic characters of many remain dominated by sexual taboos. While these taboos are registered in personal life as anxiety and disgust, they are also manifest publicly in politics and the law. The law sanctions the continued oppression of sexual offenders by enlisting psychological categories of difference and subordination. Prostitutes, homosexuals, transsexuals, pedophiles and zoosexuals populate the fearful dreams of the American mind, while skillful propagandists exploit this fear to control our politics; mob-like persecution and criminalization of same-sex desire and victims of HIV almost passes for normal in many parts of the world, sometimes sanitized as "public health." What accounts for the persistence of these modern sexual taboos, even after the liberation movements of the 20th century? Are psychiatric categories, like 'phobia,' relevant to understanding the problem? What forms might sexual emancipation take today? This panel brings together analysts, scholars and activists to examine and debate these questions from the perspectives of anthropology, critical theory, psychoanalysis and jurisprudence. Erik Brodnax, Bernard Harcourt, R. Dennis Shelby and David Thorstad, Greg Gabrellas (moderator) Educational objectives: At the conclusion of the program, participants will be able to: 1) Analyze the relation of sexual taboos and law from perspectives of anthropology, critical theory, psychoanalysis and jurisprudence; and 2) Compare different approaches to advancing sexual freedom. Former steering committee member of NAMBLA, David Thorstad, is featured here. === Wed, 26 Aug 2026 06:41:18 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://fstube.net https://fstube.net/lazy-static/avatars/c0090fbc-9eff-4156-a6c7-8d58715ef0e0.png https://fstube.net/videos/watch/4c5369ed-1e5c-425e-b7f3-c40431733111 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://fstube.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder. https://fstube.net/w/aqDQiTfjc3zgZMx3B71nYM;threadId=25980 https://fstube.net/w/aqDQiTfjc3zgZMx3B71nYM;threadId=25980 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 13:57:48 GMT mind? america has no mind

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