Sex Beyond "Yes", 9781324064923
Hardcover
Consent isn’t enough. Dive into the complexities of ethical, joyful sex.

Sex Beyond "Yes"

pleasure and agency for everyone

$53.02

  • Hardcover

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    2 September 2025

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Summary

Beyond Consent: Reimagining Sex, Pleasure, and Intimacy

Every discussion of sexual ethics revolves around consent, but is this notion enough to help us understand good sex? How does the dominance of consent help or prevent us from negotiating the complexities of intimacy and pleasure?

Georgetown professor Quill R Kukla argues that the idea that consent is the gatekeeper between the realms of good and bad sex does not give us the tools we need to navigate pleasure an…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781324064923
ISBN-10:1324064927
Series:A Norton Short
Author:Quill R. Kukla
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:2 September 2025
Weight:314g
Dimensions:218mm x 147mm x 18mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Kukla (City Living), a philosophy professor at Georgetown University, provides an astute reassessment of what empowered sex means in an imperfect world… Well-reasoned and complex, it’s a vital addition to an important cultural conversation.– “Kirkus (starred review)”Bold, incisive, and brilliant, Quill R Kukla’s Sex Beyond ‘Yes’ is a provocative exploration of how to negotiate sex that is pleasurable, free, and ethically sound. A must-read for any feminist.–Kate Manne, author of Down Girl andTimely, well-informed, wise, and highly readable, Sex Beyond ‘Yes’ draws upon an exceptionally deep and broad understanding, both of the theoretical background and of the diverse and richly nuanced realities of human experience. A rare gem.–Carrie Jenkins, author of What Love Is and What It Could Be

About The Author

Quill R. Kukla

Quill R Kukla lives in Washington, DC, and Berlin. They are Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown University, and the Editor-in-Chief of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal. They are also an amateur competitive boxer and powerlifter, the parent of a young adult, and the devoted caretaker of a corgi and two cats. This is their fourth book.

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