Moving Beyond Sexism

"By sexism I mean any outlook that privileges sexual activity as the root metaphor for our being-in-the-world...Now it is one thing to observe the importance of physical attractiveness in all types of social bonds and the notion that an individual's sexuality and desires are a necessary part of the total person, which may not be and probably should not be ever completely suppressed.  But sexist vocabularies incorporated as part of any sexual identity can construct others primarily as naturalized objects of sexual desire, as opposed to social beings that may be known, befriended and/or loved for reasons and attributes that transcend sexual relations."  William Rawlins