The Erotic as Liberation: Audre Lorde, Patriarchy, Pleasure & The Erotic as a Pathway to Power

Podcast: The Ecology of Intimacy podcast: Sex, Love, Intimacy & Relationship Coaching for Women and Mothers. · Peta Romeo

Opublikowano: 2026-05-14

In this deeply personal and politically charged solo episode, I explore the systematic deconstruction of women’s sexuality, sensuality, and erotic power through the lens of feminism, nervous system science, somatic embodiment, and Audre Lorde’s groundbreaking essay Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power. Join me as I unpack the difference between objectification and true erotic embodiment, the long history of patriarchal control over women’s bodies, the medicalisation and pathologising of female sexuality, and why so many women feel disconnected from pleasure, desire, and aliveness. I also explore the wisdom of pre-patriarchal goddes...