Sacred Pleasure

Riane Eisler shows us how history has consistently promoted the link between sex and violence--and how we can sever this link and move to a politics of partnership rather than domination in all our relations.

Our Sexual and Social Choices: An Introduction

1

(14)

Part 1: HOW DID WE GET HERE?

From Ritual to Romance: Sexuality, Spirituality, and Society

15

(19)

Animal Rites and Human Choices: The Roots of Dominator and Partnership Sex

34

(19)

Sex as Sacrament: The Divine Gifts of Life, Love, and Pleasure

53

(19)

Sex and Civilization: The Early Roots of Western Culture

72

(12)

From Eros to Chaos: Sex and Violence

84

(19)

The Reign of the Phallus: War, Economics, Morality, and Sex

103

(23)

The Sacred Marriage in a Dominator World: The Metamorphosis of Sex, Death, and Birth

126

(17)

The Last Traces of the Sacred Marriage: Mysticism, Masochism, and the Human Need for Love

143

(18)

Part 2: WHERE ARE WE AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

From Ancient to Modern Times: Setting the Stage

161

(18)

Waking from the Dominator Trance: The Revolution in Consciousness and the Sexual Revolution

179

(22)

Bondage or Bonding: Sex, Spirituality, and Repression

201

(21)

Making Love or Making War: Eroticizing Violence

222

(22)

Sex, Gender, and Transformation: From Scoring to Caring

244

(21)

Getting Out of Prince Charming's Slipper: Sex, Femininity, and Power

265

(22)

Sex, Lies, and Stereotypes: Changing Views of Nature, the Body, and Truth

287

(21)

Morality, Ethics, and Pleasure: Sex and Love in the Age of AIDS

308

(22)

Sex, Power, and Choice: Redefining Politics and Economics

330

(17)

Toward a Politics of Partnership: Our Choices for the Future

347

(25)

The New Eves and the New Adams: The Courage to Question, the Will to Choose, and the Power to Love

372

(31)

The Dominator and Partnership Models

403

(4)

Use of Notes and Bibliography

407

(2)

Notes

409

(55)

Bibliography

464

(20)

Acknowledgments

484

(2)

Index

486

(9)

Permissions

495

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