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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships
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We are a research centre within the University of Leeds. Let’s think about intimacy together. - https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/420/centre_for_love_sex_and_relationships
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Nov 18
Welcome to our new followers! Let us introduce ourselves. We are a research centre within @leedsprhs.bsky.social.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · 1d
New textbook on the philosophy of love, sex and relationships anyone? 👇🏻💕📕
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Luke Brunning @lukebrunning.bsky.social · 1d
Coming soon! In one month my new textbook with @nmckeever3.bsky.social will be published by @politybooks.bsky.social www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships
The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships, Engagingly written, and rich with real-world examples, The Philosophy of Love, Sex, and Relationships is a crucial resource for students, researchers, a...
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · 2d
One of our wonderful new PhD researchers Kristin Käuper recently spoke at the University of Manchester's postgraduate philosophy conference, Open Minds XVIII!

Kristin's talk looked at how asexuality can help us create a better philosophical account of sexual orientation.

Well done Kristin! 🥳🙌
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Alex Fisher @alex-fisher.bsky.social · 4d
This is becoming a worrying trend as relationship advice is now marketised and monetised by big tech.

And difficult to foresee the longer term social impact of increased AI use in dating/relationships on how we trust, talk to, and relate to others.

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Justin Hancock @justinhancock.bsky.social · 4d
*le sigh* www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Please just send people to BISH or Meg-John and Justin instead
The people turning to AI for dating and relationship advice - BBC News
More people are turning to AI for help with their relationships, but is that a good idea?
www.bbc.co.uk
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · 5d
The CLSR Reading Group is back! 📚
We kicked off the academic year with a great discussion on Kevin Richardson’s paper ‘“Just a Little Gay”: How Sexual Orientation Comes in Degrees’ (2023)
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · 29d
In case you missed it, here are all the speakers from our workshop last week. Each exploring the idea of intimate utopia in their own way. 👇🏻
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Sep 5
The speakers in action at our MANCEPT workshop Intimate Utopias. Lucy Shanahan talking about consensual non-consent and Laurin Tirpitz discussing asexuality and sexual ethics.
Lucy Shanahan and Laurin Tirpitz talking.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Sep 5
Erinne Paisley discussed women’s shared hermenutic labour around online dating. @lukebrunning.bsky.social asked why dating apps failed in their promise to make our lives easier.
Erinne Paisley and Luke Brunning talking.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Sep 5
Nathan Barrett considered the morality of sex-bot replicas of dead loved ones. Helena Lewis explored the ethical issues of using grief bots.
Nathan Barrett and Helena Ward talking.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Sep 5
Sam Lewis asked whether it’s good for AI to write our heartfelt missives for us. @alex-fisher.bsky.social explored what we should disclose on dating apps.
Max Lewis and Alex Fisher talking.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Sep 5
Sagat Sogani explored self-esteem and relationships, and Jasmine Gunkel grappled with pseudointimacy and AI.
Sagat Sogani and Jasmine Gunkel talking.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Sep 5
The speakers in action at our MANCEPT workshop Intimate Utopias. Lucy Shanahan talking about consensual non-consent and Laurin Tirpitz discussing asexuality and sexual ethics.
Lucy Shanahan and Laurin Tirpitz talking.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Sep 3
It’s day one of our MANCEPT workshop on Intimate Utopias!

This afternoon we’ll be hearing about consensual non-consent from Lucy Shanahan, consent, sexual ethics, and liberation from Laurin Tirpitz, and about the links between intimate relationships and self-esteem in society from Sanat Sogani.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Sep 1
Only a few days to go until our Intimate Utopias workshop!
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jun 20
We’re excited about the confirmed speakers to our Intimate Utopias workshop at MANCEPT in September.
Lucy Shanahan - ‘Ideal Consensual Non-Consensual Sex’ Laurin Tirpitz - ‘(Sexual) Consent – Finally a liberation for all?’ Sanat Sogani - ‘Why Personal Relationships Cannot And Should Not Bear The Weight Of Supporting People’s Self-Esteem’ Jasmine Gunkel - ‘AI, Pseudointimacy, and Why Intimacy Matters’   Max Lewis - ‘AI, Intimacy, and Narrative Agency’ Alex Fisher - ‘The Ethics of Self-Disclosure in Online Dating’ Nathan Barrett - ‘Till Death (Don't) Us Part: Sex, Robots, and the Ethics of Posthumous Intimacy’ Helena Ward - ‘Conversations with Grief-Bots’ Erinne Paisley - ‘“Send Me a Screenshot!” Collective Feminist Sense-Making in Dating App Cultures’ Sam Mace - ‘Swiping left on internet dating- A case for deliberative in-person dating’ George Surtees - ‘On Valuing Aesthetic Features of Your Friend’
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Alex Fisher @alex-fisher.bsky.social · Aug 22
Excited for this fantastic event!

I'll talk about our moral obligations to disclose information about ourselves to potential partners on dating apps

Not disclosing that we secretly hate Bake Off - seems OK.

Not disclosing that we already have children, or criminal convictions - perhaps not so OK?
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jun 20
We’re excited about the confirmed speakers to our Intimate Utopias workshop at MANCEPT in September.
Lucy Shanahan - ‘Ideal Consensual Non-Consensual Sex’ Laurin Tirpitz - ‘(Sexual) Consent – Finally a liberation for all?’ Sanat Sogani - ‘Why Personal Relationships Cannot And Should Not Bear The Weight Of Supporting People’s Self-Esteem’ Jasmine Gunkel - ‘AI, Pseudointimacy, and Why Intimacy Matters’   Max Lewis - ‘AI, Intimacy, and Narrative Agency’ Alex Fisher - ‘The Ethics of Self-Disclosure in Online Dating’ Nathan Barrett - ‘Till Death (Don't) Us Part: Sex, Robots, and the Ethics of Posthumous Intimacy’ Helena Ward - ‘Conversations with Grief-Bots’ Erinne Paisley - ‘“Send Me a Screenshot!” Collective Feminist Sense-Making in Dating App Cultures’ Sam Mace - ‘Swiping left on internet dating- A case for deliberative in-person dating’ George Surtees - ‘On Valuing Aesthetic Features of Your Friend’
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Quill Kukla 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @quillkukla.bsky.social · Aug 16
Important news, Berlin (and nearby) people! Please join me and the amazing Juliana Gleeson, hosted by the inimitable Ben Mauk, for a free discussion and book signing of "Sex Beyond 'Yes'" at Shakespeare & Sons, evening of September 12! And please share!
www.shakespeareandsons.com/pages/sex-be...
'Sex Beyond Yes': Quill R. Kukla in conversation with Juliana Gleeson
Philosopher Quill R Kukla questions traditional notions of consent in this honest, humanistic reimagining of what it means to have pleasurable, ethical, and respectful sex. Every discussion of sexual ...
www.shakespeareandsons.com
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Ethical dating online @ethicaldating.bsky.social · Aug 12
Do dating apps perpetuate sexual racism? @nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social contribute to this Cosmopolitan article exploring the issue www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
‘Are your dating apps encouraging sexual racism? I went up against the algorithm to find out’
When Serena Smith rejoined dating apps after a break-up, she got vanishingly few matches — that is, until she changed her race to ‘white’
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Aug 6
We’re excited about our speakers and pleased to see so many PhDs and early career scholars exploring intimacy and relationships.

If you’re at MANCEPT for another workshop feel free to drop by for a talk or two.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Aug 6
The goal of the event was to bring together people considering the future of intimacy, from the ethical status of new intimate technology, like griefbots, through to new ways of thinking about established ideas, like consent.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Aug 6
One month to go until our MANCEPT workshop Intimate Utopias starts.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Aug 4
@nmckeever3.bsky.social and @lukebrunning.bsky.social feature in this Vogue piece on modern dating.

www.vogue.co.uk/article/sing...
Where Are All The Eligible Men?
Fresh out of a 13-year relationship, Zing Tsjeng scours the scene in search of answers...
www.vogue.co.uk
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jul 31
Huge thanks to Ruby Hornsby, whose time as our research assistant ends today. She’s been amazing!
Two photographs of Ruby, one of her introducing out Philosophy Valentines event, the other of her holding Sappho, the cutest dog anyone has ever seen.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jul 31
Huge thanks to Ruby Hornsby, whose time as our research assistant ends today. She’s been amazing!
Two photographs of Ruby, one of her introducing out Philosophy Valentines event, the other of her holding Sappho, the cutest dog anyone has ever seen.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jul 30
Also let us know what formats you find most helpful, and whether there is anything you’d like to know more about.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jul 30
Just a reminder that we are on Instagram with some different content. Find us: @leeds_clsr
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jul 28
Submit your sexualisation and objectification abstracts by the 4th of August 👇🏻
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jul 16
Are you working on sexualisation or objectification? Come share your research at our December workshop!
Objectification and sexualisation - submission deadline: 4th of August Objectification is a core concept in feminist thought, often used for articulating what is going wrong in phenomena like catcalling, sexist advertising, and unwelcome sexual attention. At the same time, treating one another as sexual agents, even sexual objects, has been defended as an often important and joyful part of life. Both concepts have seen a recent resurgence in discussions of newer forms online content-creation, from TikTok to OnlyFans. We are interested in hearing about any new work on sexualisation and objectification. We welcome contributions on questions such as (but not limited to): What is the difference between sexualisation and objectification? How do we sexualise and objectify others - is it a kind of paying attention? How does this work? What is the relationship, if any, between dehumanisation and objectification? When is objectification benign or good? Is it ever wrong to not sexualise someone? What is the relationship between sexual and non-sexual objectification? Is it possible for a person to objectify themselves? What is the impact of social media on objectification and/or sexualisation? This event is organised by philosophers, but we welcome applications from those working in other disciplines too. Talks will be 30 minutes, with 15 minutes for questions. This will be an in-person event, but we aim to provide provision for speakers who cannot travel to join us online.
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jul 28
Submit your sexualisation and objectification abstracts by the 4th of August 👇🏻
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Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships @clsrleeds.bsky.social · Jul 16
Are you working on sexualisation or objectification? Come share your research at our December workshop!
Objectification and sexualisation - submission deadline: 4th of August Objectification is a core concept in feminist thought, often used for articulating what is going wrong in phenomena like catcalling, sexist advertising, and unwelcome sexual attention. At the same time, treating one another as sexual agents, even sexual objects, has been defended as an often important and joyful part of life. Both concepts have seen a recent resurgence in discussions of newer forms online content-creation, from TikTok to OnlyFans. We are interested in hearing about any new work on sexualisation and objectification. We welcome contributions on questions such as (but not limited to): What is the difference between sexualisation and objectification? How do we sexualise and objectify others - is it a kind of paying attention? How does this work? What is the relationship, if any, between dehumanisation and objectification? When is objectification benign or good? Is it ever wrong to not sexualise someone? What is the relationship between sexual and non-sexual objectification? Is it possible for a person to objectify themselves? What is the impact of social media on objectification and/or sexualisation? This event is organised by philosophers, but we welcome applications from those working in other disciplines too. Talks will be 30 minutes, with 15 minutes for questions. This will be an in-person event, but we aim to provide provision for speakers who cannot travel to join us online.
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