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Somatic Disembodiment - Or: How do I find out what I want (and that this is what I don't want)? Or: My favorite workshops are workshops that turn workshops upside down
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Somatic Disembodiment - Or: How do I find out what I want (and that this is what I don't want)? Or: My favorite workshops are workshops that turn workshops upside down

"We start with a short meditation in which we reflect on states that are not geared towards pleasure and satisfaction. We want to reflect on the nature of desire and ask whether our desire has much more to do with self-denial than with self-fulfillment."

 

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Sexmoralism - Compulsory Sex - Sexpositivity - Sexnegativity
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Sexmoralism - Compulsory Sex - Sexpositivity - Sexnegativity

I would like to take up the cudgels for sex-negativity. Why?
1) Despite all the fantastic things that are made possible under the label "sex positive", there are also some weak points, stumbling blocks, traps and misunderstandings. These go hand in hand with an uncritical understanding of sex positivity when a too one-sided diagnosis of the problem is made: that sex is primarily repressed and taboo.
2) I would like to propose a very specific understanding of sex negativity that cannot be confused with a kind of ecclesiastical-conservative or political-right sexophobia.
3) In general, I want to abandon binary divisions and make it clear that sex-negativity and sex-positivity do not have to be two opponents, but rather as two progressive strategies that both could pull together from opposite directions in order to achieve a huge victory together.

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