I’d like to take a stand in defense of sex negativity. Why?
1) For all the wonderful things that the “sex-positive” label makes possible, it also comes with some weaknesses, stumbling blocks, pitfalls, and misunderstandings. These go hand in hand with an uncritical understanding of sex-positivity, when a one-sided diagnosis of the problem is made: that sex is primarily suppressed and tabooed.
2) I would like to propose a very specific understanding of sex-negativity that cannot be confused with either a church-conservative or politically right-wing hostility toward sex.
3) In general, I would like to move away from binary divisions and make it clear that sex negativity and sex positivity do not have to be two opposing forces, but rather could be two progressive strategies—each from opposite directions—pulling together to jointly create a huge…