Margaret Farley: Margaret Farley argues we are a unity– even though that unity leads us to experience of disunity. Profound Suffering (torture, abuse, etc—radical suffering) Objectification: the male gaze, valued only for a role, not as a person, voyeurism Aging and dying—dimsinishment, fear, pain, loneliness but also courage, graciousness, patience, trust… one in the process of divirging through death Experiences of a divided self
Farkey Sexual Experience Features: embodied Emotions– loves, desires, angry, jealous, pleasure, pain, joy, sadness, well-being, (abuse changes the tenor of the feelings to numb to the opposite of ones we associate with healthy sexuality Pleasure Form of language and communication Procreative/unitive Motivations and aims of sex are multiple Power