Monday, 7 April 2014

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"I don't think people should be free to torture each other or beat each other up or abuse them. I think that's not something to feel happy about or to feel tolerant of"

Sex and violence?

Joan Bakewell: Violence has intruded into sex

Joan Bakewell: "Beating people up, even if they like it, has to be damaging and has to be criminal."

Modern sex is dominated by a violent tendency which should be criminalised in some cases, Joan Bakewell says

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