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| − | While Samois had ongoing conflict with Women Against Violence | + | Since Samois made lesbian-feminist politics central to its analysis and advocacy of SM, there were many in the broader women’s movement who took issue with that agenda. While Samois had ongoing conflict with Women Against Violence in Pornography and the Media, they also encountered resistance from bookstores, feminist publications and the San Francisco Women’s Building. In each case, non-SM feminists questioned and often condemned lesbian sado-masochism as a problematic sexual desire rooted, inextricably, in violent patriarchal values.<ref name="Samois Newsletter Reference 12">Samois, “Samois Newsletter,” April 1979-March 1982, Samois Archive, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.</ref> |
| − | Yet, Samois faced internal conflict as well. From the beginning, the group grappled with issues of membership around inclusion/exclusion and privacy. They also struggled with the development of community practices, particularly with regard to appropriate sexual activity and the presence of drugs and alcohol. Like most groups, they also faced leadership and volunteer burnout. It is not clear which, or which combination, of these issues, or something else not reported in group records, played a leading role in the group’s somewhat mysterious and fairly abrupt dissolution in the latter part of 1982. | + | Yet, Samois faced internal conflict as well. From the beginning, the group grappled with issues of membership around inclusion/exclusion and privacy. They also struggled with the development of community practices, particularly with regard to appropriate sexual activity and the presence of drugs and alcohol. Like most groups, they also faced leadership and volunteer burnout. It is not clear which, or which combination, of these issues, or something else not reported in group records, played a leading role in the group’s somewhat mysterious and fairly abrupt dissolution in the latter part of 1982.<ref name="Samois Newsletter Reference 13">Samois, “Samois Newsletter,” May 1979-March 1982, Samois Archive, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 10:17, 1 May 2010
Since Samois made lesbian-feminist politics central to its analysis and advocacy of SM, there were many in the broader women’s movement who took issue with that agenda. While Samois had ongoing conflict with Women Against Violence in Pornography and the Media, they also encountered resistance from bookstores, feminist publications and the San Francisco Women’s Building. In each case, non-SM feminists questioned and often condemned lesbian sado-masochism as a problematic sexual desire rooted, inextricably, in violent patriarchal values.[2]
Yet, Samois faced internal conflict as well. From the beginning, the group grappled with issues of membership around inclusion/exclusion and privacy. They also struggled with the development of community practices, particularly with regard to appropriate sexual activity and the presence of drugs and alcohol. Like most groups, they also faced leadership and volunteer burnout. It is not clear which, or which combination, of these issues, or something else not reported in group records, played a leading role in the group’s somewhat mysterious and fairly abrupt dissolution in the latter part of 1982.[3]
In This Article:
Defining Terms: Samois in their own words
The Leather Menace: Samois Organizes Lesbian Sado-Masochists, Bay Area, CA, 1978-1982
Workshops, Hanky Codes and Coming to Power, oh my!: Samois’ Educational Practices
Celebrate! Samois and The Gay Day Parade
Socio-Sexual
The Leather Menace: Samois’ Conflicts (Current Page)
Beyond the Bay, Beyond Samois …
About Us
Keywords: Samois, lesbian, feminism, lesbian-feminism, SM, sado-masochism, BDSM, kink, conflict, Women Against Violence and Pornography and the Media, WAVPM, San Francisco Women’s Building, patriarchy, drugs, alcohol, burnout
- Original Artwork by Katie Diamond; Samois, “Samois Presents Lesbian Pride Leather Dance,” Samois Archive, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.
- Samois, “Samois Newsletter,” April 1979-March 1982, Samois Archive, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.
- Samois, “Samois Newsletter,” May 1979-March 1982, Samois Archive, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA. <comments />
- ↑ Samois, “Samois Presents Lesbian Pride Leather Dance,” Samois Archive, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.
- ↑ Samois, “Samois Newsletter,” April 1979-March 1982, Samois Archive, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.
- ↑ Samois, “Samois Newsletter,” May 1979-March 1982, Samois Archive, GLBT Historical Society, San Francisco, CA.
