Postsexualism is understood to mean the French philosopher

Michel Foucault Paul-Michel Foucault ( , ; ; 15 October 192625 June 1984) was a French History of ideas, historian of ideas and Philosophy, philosopher who was also an author, Literary criticism, literary critic, Activism, political activist, and teacher. Fo ...

's sexual political views influenced by consciously artificial life identities, which is characterized by the escape of the "confessional" structure of

sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...

. The term "postsexual" also refers to a broader effort to exceed the "sexual" and "non-sexual" boundaries in culture - either in theoretical considerations or in social practices. From a postsexual point of view, the division between "sexual" and " non-sexual" is arbitrary, and it is not possible to measure the authenticity of any kind of interactions between people. Therefore, it is central to the postsexual way of life to escape this division and the associated "confessions", or alternatively to criticize this division, and related social confessional rituals by means of

irony Irony, in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what, on the surface, appears to be the case with what is actually or expected to be the case. Originally a rhetorical device and literary technique, in modernity, modern times irony has a ...

parody A parody is a creative work designed to imitate, comment on, and/or mock its subject by means of satire, satirical or irony, ironic imitation. Often its subject is an Originality, original work or some aspect of it (theme/content, author, style, e ...

Postsexual practices

The Postgender Association in

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sought to challenge prevailing sexual classifications by questioning practices, for example by introducing new words such as "tobaccomonogamy" or "partial relationship".Vainio, Janne (March, 1998). "Seksi on sopimuskysymys". ''Image''. Additionally, to seek recognition, the Postgender Association introduced new concepts intended to call into question so-called normal and natural sexual categories and to make them sound more artificial and perverse. An example of such a concept, which has become internationally recognized, is the term queer heterosexual, which refers to the

heterosexual Heterosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between people of the opposite sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, heterosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions ...

preferences of any person with a politically queer identity and who perceives their heterosexuality as if it were but "one perversion among many others." Another of the concepts is "homovestism," which questions the naturalness of heterosexual normativity. Homovestism refers to a particular sexual preference for "same-sex" clothing, as opposed to

cross-dressing Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender. From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express onesel ...

. One who identifies as a homovestite would derive sexual pleasure from clothing and behavior that is considered normative to their "own" gender.

References

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