Abstract
Susie Jolly asks if we can reclaim sexual pleasure from the grip of the market and influence the terms on which the market engages with pleasure. She proposes a political perspective on sexuality which challenges the structures and ideologies that generate guilt and shame and make pleasure more accessible to some groups than others.
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This article is based on reflections from the IDS Pleasure and Women's Empowerment workshop, December 2009, sponsored by the IDS Sexuality and Development Programme and the Pathways of Women's Empowerment Research Program Consortium, both DFID funded.
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Argues that we must make space to explore pleasure, well-being and the positive sides of sexuality in development
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Jolly, S. Pleasure and Empowerment: Connections and disconnections. Development 53, 227–231 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2010.31
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