sex positivity
Celebrating human desire
Sex positivity is an attitude that views consensual sexual expression as healthy rather than shameful.
It encompasses acceptance of diverse desires, orientations, and relationship structures, and opposes stigma around topics like casual sex, kink, or sex work.
The workshop promoted sex positivity and open communication about boundaries.
The movement emphasizes education and consent over moral judgment.
- reproductive justiceBodily autonomy in childbearing
- enthusiastic consentEager, freely-given permission
- consentVoluntary agreement given
- pleasureHappy, satisfied feeling
- good vibrationsSensed positive atmosphere
sexual liberation · safe sex practices · sexual diversity · autonomy · acceptance · destigmatization · slut shaming · feminism · LGBTQ+ rights · sexual ethics · informed choice · sex education · trust · empowerment · sexual exploration · STI prevention · openness · open relationship
- Modern Feminismintersectionality, riot grrrl, reproductive rights, workplace equality, pay equity
- sexual ethicssexual morality, sexual ethics, chastity, adultery, human sexuality
- sexual freedomsexual liberation, sexual revolution, sexual freedom, free love, consent
- sex therapysex therapy, sex therapist, sexologist, sexual dysfunction, couples therapy
- radical feminismwomen's liberation, gender equality, consciousness raising, intersectionality, separatism
sex positivityprudishness
Excessive moral strictness
puritanism · prudery · slut-shaming · body shame · Victorian morality
sex positivitypurity culture
Ideology emphasizing virginity before marriage
social conservatism · heteronormativity · moral panic · censorship · obscenity laws
sex positivitypurity movement
Campaign promoting sexual abstinence
religious conservatism · social conservatism · traditionalism