What Does Sex Positivity in 2022 Look Like?

The past few years have been an exciting rollercoaster for the sex-positivity movement. From the “Me Too” movement to Amber Rose’s Slut Walks, women are uniting together and fighting against misogynistic stigmas regarding their sexual choices. 

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But as 2022 begins, an opportunity arises to take a step back and look at how far we’ve come. Is sex-positivity even a thing anymore? 

Michelle Goldberg, with the New York Times, said, “It’s no longer radical, or even really necessary, to proclaim that women take pleasure in sex. If anything, taking pleasure in sex seems, to some, vaguely obligatory.”

In many ways, this sentiment is relatively positive. The movement has come far enough to make the idea that a woman needs to enjoy her sexual experiences blatantly obvious, leaving Gen Z to take the reins and reevaluate the way feminism and society talk about and represent sex in the media (and in the bedroom). 

When sex-positivity hit the mainstream, it got lost in a society where most people learned about sex through pornography. Therefore, the actions related to sex were prioritized over the emotions. Generally, people understand and accept that having sexual relations is okay, but it’s all about how you feel during them. 

A quick scroll through PschCentral’s article Sex Positivity: What it Means and How to Practice it cements the idea that emotions are more important. Words like “exploring,” “addressing,” and “developing” are used. Sex positivity isn’t just about hookups being okay anymore. It’s about healing, building trust, and using that intimate time with a partner to feel good emotionally and physically. That’s not to say that every sexual experience needs to be akin to a therapy session, it’s simply acknowledging how deeply emotional and healing (or hurting) sex can be. 

Green Condom Club’s 3 Sex-Positive Resolutions For 2022 evokes similar sentiments, and they tell readers to “Practice compassion with yourself,” “Explore your sexual self,” and “Make conscious decisions about your sexual health.” 

Sex positivity is turning inward in 2022. It looks as if society’s (and the internet’s) encouraging relationship with therapy has intersected with its relationship with sex. The result is several conversations about how sex affects us emotionally. And what we can do to take advantage of that.

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