Justin Chats With Eleanor Janega About The Objectification of Sex

[Little content note: we mention rape but we don't go into any detail at all. Also it's a bit more sweary than our usual podcasts, if you or anyone near you doesn't like swearing.] We thought we'd create a thread of episodes where one of us chats with interesting people in the world of sex, relationships, sexuality, and gender. In the first of these, Justin chats with Dr Eleanor Janega, who is a kick arse medieval historian. We chat about a theory which Eleanor has been working on about the ways we see sex as an objectified commodity and where these tropes may have come from. So learn about Thomas Aquinas (little Tommy Quine Quine), logical sex, the dangers of sexual arousal, and how they all relate to Incels. We bring the chat to an end by reflecting on how us and you, dear, gentle listener, might think about our language around sex. Perhaps we too think about sex as an object to be got, rather than as an activity we may take part in (and perhaps even enjoy). Check out Eleanor's website https://goingmedievalblog.wordpress.com and see her excellent twitter game https://twitter.com/GoingMedieval