#sexpanic

First five or so minutes of this give a glimpse at the perspective of one of the authors of Our Stolen Future—as discussed and problematized by Di Chiro—fifteen years after the book’s publication. 

What I find interesting, is that while he doesn’t acknowledge the controversy regarding heteronormativity, he also doesn’t mention reproductive health or sexuality. His concerns seem to be on health more widely, as a result of endocrine disrupters. Seems to line up with what Di Chiro writes about the issue of the media and where the focus fell after the publication of Our Stolen Future. 

“What? Former Head of C.D.C. arrested for allegedly grabbing behind of longtime female friend at family party—a year ago. Isn’t proper response to tell him to buzz off? Call cops—a year later? And he gets arrested? #SexPanic https://t.co/PNxevBmjFi” “ She said Dr. Frieden groped her while their spouses were not looking, and apologized later, citing personal problems he was having. “ Yep, that’s a dick move, grabbing someone’s butt, but is it worth putting someone in prison? I remember arguing with a feminist who was one of those responsible for the sexual harassment laws in Australia. At the time, it read “repeated unwanted advances”. I pointed out that as soon as laws like that get put into place, the repeated bit gets removed. She claimed it wouldn’t, basically because Feminists are reasonable people and like having sex with men.

“Up and down this country, we’ve had vulnerability to sexual predators and ghastly things happening right through to 18, up and down the country. And this move, to have adults at 16 will make a lot of young men and women more vulnerable to sexual predation than happens at the moment.” ~  Barry Sheerman, the Labour MP for Huddesfield