The taboo of sexual pleasure in the West, especially from non-reproductive sex, came out of the puritanical identification of sexuality as sinful. While certain sexual dialogue was censored, sex and fantasies were still heavily talked about. (A thread about sexual shame 1/6)

Obsessed about, even. The focus was just on the perceived indecency and morality of it all.

Puritanical shushing of sexuality still persists today. For those who grew up in households or communities that shamed sexuality, this can sometimes result in unwelcomed (2/6)

self-censorship and feelings of shame.

Breaking out of that shame is something that can take a lot a time. Even as someone who is very interested in sexuality, and so open about it, I still sometimes find shame creeping in.(3/6)

The more I educated myself about sexuality, something that was deeply lacking in my education in school, the less taboo it felt to me. Yet, as I explored sexuality in my art, work and research, the more apparent it became that there was still resistance from others to it (4/6)

that was rooted in unconscious puritanical values. Sex is not seen as something that decent people talk about openly, even though our society is obsessed with alluding to, quietly observing and analyzing it. (5/6)

How utterly boring would it be if decency was our biggest contribution to this world during our time on it? (6/6)