Sex-positive
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Sex-positive describes an approach that regards sexual activity as potentially beneficial and healthy while supporting personal autonomy and rights in matters of sex. It can include acceptance of consensual kinky sex, queer sex, and sex work.
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What does sex-positive mean?
Sex-positive describes an attitude, approach, or framework that treats sexual activity as fundamentally beneficial and healthy rather than something to reject outright. It centers personal autonomy and rights in relation to sex.
The idea can encompass support for consensual kinky sex, queer sex, and sex work. In feminist contexts, sex-positive thinking has also presented sexual fulfillment as part of political liberation, in contrast to demands for celibacy or political lesbianism.