What’s your take on “sex positivity”? Just the term itself, for now!
When I first heard the term, I couldn’t wrap my head around the fact that such a sensual and dazzling realm was described with such a cold and mathematical expression—one whose sound reminded me of the phrasing of unpleasant medical diagnoses. Or I was reminded of the pejorative accusations of “positivism” I’m familiar with from scientific contexts—when the blind spots are pointed out that arise when, in exploring a topic, the approach is limited to a one-dimensional accumulation and piling up of facts, even though there’s also an abundance of knowledge that cannot be reduced to positive terms, that cannot be clearly answered with “yes” or “no.” In these initial associations with “positivity,” the term is not judgmental at first, but simply denotes a factual “something is there,” “something is above zero.” Of course, “sex positivity” does not merely want to emphasize that there is simply sex…