Sexual activism and ?actually existing eroticism?: The politics of victimization and ?lynching? in Argentina

MARIO MARTIN PECHENY; LUCA ZAIDAN; MIRNA LUCACCINI

INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY

Sage Publications

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2018

0268-5809

Focusing on the case of Argentina, this text discusses two issues. The first refers to the tension between progress in feminist and LGBTIQ+ politics, on the one hand, and erotic-affective practices, that is, ?actually existing roticism,? on the other hand. This tension is analyzed on two levels: first, through the construction of identities, theoretical perspectives, and political strategies in the sex-gender arena from a stance of victimization; and second, through examining new ?normativities? that resulted from the achievements by feminist and LGBTIQ+ movements in transforming their demands into laws and policies. The second issue calls attention to a particular form of political action: public shaming and what the authors refer to here as ?lynching,? which describes extreme methods of a sexual politics of victimization in a context of neoliberal governance.