Joy of Consent - A Philosophy of Good Sex

In the #MeToo age, US debate over licit sex has split into two camps: one insists that consent solves the problem of sexual coercion, while the other equates sexual pleasure with the patriarchal erotics of silence and mystery. Manon Garcia rejects both positions, arguing that consent is a faulty legal threshold but essential to the joy of good sex.

About the author

Manon Garcia is the author of We Are Not Born Submissive: How Patriarchy Shapes Women’s Lives. A Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a junior professor at Freie Universität Berlin, she has taught at the University of Chicago and Yale University. She received the Prix des Rencontres Philosophiques de Monaco for the best book of philosophy published in France in 2022.

Product details

• Authors: Manon Garcia
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2025
• EAN: 9780674301528
• ISBN: 978-0-674-30152-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, LAW / Gender & the Law, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, Ethics & moral philosophy, Popular philosophy, Social issues & processes, Feminism & feminist theory, Gender & the law, Ethics and moral philosophy, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge, Sociology: sexual relations, Feminism and feminist theory, Sex and sexuality, social aspects, Sexual Behaviour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Sexuality, Law and society, gender issues