{"product_id":"mistress-ethics-victoria-brooks-9781350195738","title":"Mistress Ethics: On the Virtues of Sexual Kindness","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe figure of the mistress is undoubtedly controversial. She provokes intense reactions, ranging from fear, to disgust and revulsion, to excitement and titillation, to sadness and perhaps to some, love. The mistress is conventionally depicted as a threat to moral living and someone whose sexuality is considered defective and toxic. Of course, she is a woman that you would not have as your friend, and certainly not your wife, since her ethical sense, if she even has one, is dubious at best. This book subverts these traditional judgements and offers an unflinching look at the lived experience of the mistress. Here she is recast as a potentially loving, free, intimate 'other' woman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing upon feminist philosophy, contemporary sexual ethics and the current cultural moment of #MeToo, \u003ci\u003eMistress Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e moves beyond a narrative of infidelity, conventional judgment, the safeguarding of monogamy and conventional heterosex that permeates our society. It asks what happens when we let go of our insecurities, judgments and moralistic relationship philosophies and opt, instead, for an ethics of kindness. This kindness - underpinned by engaging with those deemed 'other' and learning from mistresses, both straight and queer - will teach us new ways of thinking about ethics and sex, and reveal how we have better sex, and how we can be better to each other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Brooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350195731\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350195738\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.06w x 0.63d","brand":"Victoria Brooks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988584562943,"sku":"9781350195738","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4161c061-f30a-4e0a-ba13-849b867d4ae0.jpg?v=1683295260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mistress-ethics-victoria-brooks-9781350195738","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}