sexual rights
Intimate freedom protections
Sexual rights are claims to autonomy and freedom in matters of sexuality—the right to choose sexual partners, to consent or refuse, to access contraception and reproductive healthcare, to receive sex education, and to be free from coercion, violence, or discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
The term appears primarily in human rights discourse and public health contexts: Sexual rights are human rights.
Whether and how governments should protect sexual rights remains contested across cultures.
- contraceptionPregnancy prevention measures
- bodily autonomyControl over one's physique
- decriminalizationEnding criminal status
- abortionEnding a pregnancy
- right to choosePower to decide freely
freedom · informed consent · empowerment · queer liberation · justice · pleasure · intersectionality · equality · consent · sex education · healthcare access · privacy · menstrual health · body positivity · gender identity · reproductive health · reproductive justice · activism
- sexualityerotica, bisexual, sensuality, heterosexual, lust
sexual rightssodomy laws
Statutes criminalizing particular sexual behaviors
conversion therapy · forced marriage · genital mutilation · vice squads · purity laws
sexual rightsarranged marriage
Family-selected spousal pairing
sexual rightsVictorian morality
Rigid 1800s social standards