[Buddha-l] Query on authority of Buddhist texts on sexuality

[JKirkpatrick]

Here's another one, working from the Therigatha, that might be
useful:

Susan Murcott, _First Buddhist Women: Poems and Stories of
Awakening._ Parallax, 2006. 

Product description:
First Buddhist Women is a readable, contemporary translation of
and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female
disciples of the Buddha. Through the study of the Therigatha, the
earliest-known collection of women's religious poetry, the book
explores Buddhism's 2,600-year-long liberal attitude toward
women. Utilizing commentary and storytelling, author Susan
Murcott traces the journey of wives, mothers, teachers,
courtesans, prostitutes, and wanderers who became leaders in the
Buddhist community, acquiring roles that even today are rarely
filled by women in other, patriarchal religions.

Joanna

Sorry, meant to include: 
Rita M. Gross, _Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History,
Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism_. SUNY Press, 1992.