PhilSoc (17/3) - Brigitte Assi (Confirmation talk)

[Jerome Luxon]

Hello Everyone,

 

The PhilSoc seminar this coming week (17/3) will be a talk from Brigitte Assi. This will be a Confirmation of Candidature talk. 

Please find the title and abstract below. As always, the seminar will be held in room 6.71 on the top floor of the RSSS from 3-4:30, and the zoom link can be found below the title and abstract.

 

Kind Regards,

Jerome

Upcoming PhilSoc:

24/03/26	Iman Ferestade	Confirmation
31/03/26	Susan Pennings (ACU)	Open to all
07/04/26	Eamon Little	Confirmation
14/04/26	Free

Title: Reimagining Sexual Objectification 

Abstract: What is bad sex? Feminist theorists have articulated normative categories of good and bad sex that hinge on the assumption that what makes bad sex bad is the fact that it sexually objectifies women, thus reinforcing women’s sexual subordination. However, what if sexual objectification is not exhaustive of subordination? In this paper, I motivate the claim that sexual objectification is not necessarily bad by demonstrating that it can exist in congruity with broader feminist ideals of sexual ethics: equal participation and mutual recognition. Thus, I displace sexual objectification from its supposed normative power in constituting instances of bad sex by arguing that sexual objectification itself is not sufficient in constituting subordination. 

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Jerome Luxon

PhD Candidate

School of Philosophy

Research School of Social Sciences

Australian National University

[Jerome Luxon]

Hello all, 

Just a reminder that this Confirmation Talk is on today. 

See you all there!

Jerome

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Jerome Luxon

PhD Candidate

School of Philosophy

Research School of Social Sciences

Australian National University

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