Pride Is In Retreat, But We Need More Consistent Sexual Ethics

Pride Month Is In Retreat, But We Need More Consistent Sexual Ethics

It is impossible to build a culture of human flourishing atop an ethic of self-indulgence because that self-indulgence slides to new lows.

Pride Is In Retreat, But We Need More Consistent Sexual Ethics

The Sexual Revolution launched a continual decline because of the unstable premise of sexual autonomy and self-indulgence.

Prishita Maheshwari-Aplin’s ‘Roses for Hedone’ Reimagines Pleasure as a Path to Collective Liberation - BRICKS Magazine

PHOTOGRAPHY Cherry Au Hedonism, classically defined as the “pursuit of pleasure,” has long been burdened by biases rooted in homophobia. The criminalisation of homosexuality across societies worldwide has forced many LGBTQIA+ individuals, both historically and today, to conceal their sexualities and repress their identities. As a result, even the mere suggestion of queer pleasure has often been vilified, conjuring images of drug-fuelled, latex-c…