There is a way to recast sexual relations – and it all starts with Venus This article is more than 5 years oldBettany Hughes
Venus, ancient goddess of love and beauty, is an apparently irrelevant, invented deity of the long dead. But Venus merits scrutiny. Chart her life story across 5,000 years and you chart the evolution of our conflicted relationship with sex and with the female body. Now the Weinstein floodgates are open, root and branch reform is, rightly, demanded. But to address a problem, you have to understand its size, its shape and its provenance.
Over the last decade I’ve been investigating Venus – the influential incarnation of human desire and beauty across millennia – to help explain the state we’re in: why we deal with lust, love, sexuality, sexual transgression and the female form the way we do. It’s about finding the roots of our prejudice, because once you understand the depth of a problem, you can better deal with it. With a track record spanning 50 centuries, Venus is a barometer of sexual mores and sexual prejudice. Her narrative also, arguably, offers a solution to their misuse.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/15/reclaim-venus-consensual-love-sexual-power-relations
Sex and Sexuality in Ancient - Bettany Hughes
Bettany Hughes
Bettany Mary Hughes OBE FSA (born May 1967)[1][2] is an English historian, author and broadcaster, specialising in classical history. Her published books cover classical antiquity and myth, and the history of Istanbul. She is active in efforts to encourage the teaching of the classics in UK state schools. Hughes was appointed OBE in 2019.
EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION[EDIT]
Hughes grew up in West London.[3] She is the daughter of actors Peter and Erica Hughes, and the sister of the cricketer and journalist Simon Hughes.[4] She was educated at Notting Hill and Ealing High School in Ealing, and at St Hilda's College, Oxford, where she graduated with a degree in ancient and modern history.[5]
She has an honorary doctorate from the University of York.[6]
CAREER[EDIT]
She is a visiting research fellow at King's College London, formerly a tutor for Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education,[7][8] and an honorary fellow at Cardiff University.
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