“Love Your Enemy: Sex, Power, and Christian Ethics,” Karen Labacqz calls attention to the fact that places of deep intimacy and places that should be safe for women may be very dangerous. She also examines how our culture eroticizes dominance. In such an environment, she suggests women have to approach men with a “hermeneutic of suspicion.” What do you think of her proposal? Where do her ideas challenge your thinking?

n “Love Your Enemy: Sex, Power, and Christian Ethics,” Karen Labacqz calls attention to the fact that places of deep intimacy and places that should be safe for women may be very dangerous. She also examines how our culture eroticizes dominance. In such an environment, she suggests women have to approach men with a “hermeneutic of suspicion.” What do you think of her proposal? Where do her ideas challenge your thinking?