“Sex itself only only exists in relation to procreation. That's one of the reasons why I sometimes object, and it's just a theoretical objection, but it's worth thinking about, to the whole notion that one calls what people of the same sex do, sexual relations. As a matter of fact, they have precisely turned their back on sexual relations, in order to engage in acts of mutual pleasure that have nothing whatsoever to do with sexuality...” PeopleThinkingSometimesMatterReasonWholeFactsOrderSexPleasureObjectsRelationNotionSexualityReason WhyMutualTheoreticalMatter Of FactObjectionsProcreation Author:Alan Keyes
“Sexual integrity means honestly recognizing our own impulses and desires and honoring them, whether or not we choose to act on them. If we value integrity, we must also value diversity in sexual expression and orientation, recognizing that there is no one truth, or one way, that fits everyone.Sexuality is sacred because through it we make a connection with another self - but it is misused and perverted when it becomes an arena of power-over, a means of treating another - or oneself - as an object.” IfsWayMeanSelfDesireValuesObjectsExpressionFitIntegrityDiversityConnectionsSacredOneselfSexualityHonestlyOne WayImpulseRecognizingArenaOrientationMisused Book:Dreaming the Dark Source: Dreaming the Dark
“Although the detail of our sexual energies and their objects and objectives vastly vary, the existence of our sexuality itself is an undeniable truth.” EnergyExistenceObjectsDetailsSexualityObjectivesVary Author:Lynn Margulis
“Things like pornography perpetuates this idea that women are just there as objects of male desire and are not complex people with their own sexuality and humanity.” PeopleIdeasDesireHumanityObjectsComplexesMalesSexualityPornography Author:Marielle Heller
“Sexuality, eroticism and desire are important for all of us. But that is also the contradiction. How can we speak about pictures and, for example, say no to this way of representing a woman's body? It's also a camera-and-object problem, of who is really guiding the camera.” WayImportantProblemBodyDesireSpeakExampleObjectsCamerasSexualityContradictionRepresentingWomen's Bodies Author:Pipilotti Rist
“I focus on details, either of the body, or of objects that represent gender, sexuality, and other themes.” BodyFocusObjectsDetailsGenderSexualityTheme Author:Lorna Simpson
“I want to engage people in an honest, enlightened, and provocative conversation about the nature of erotic desire and the intricacies of intimacy and sexuality. The object of my game is to bring nonjudgmental, multicultural understanding to the challenges and choices of modern relationships.” PeopleWantDesireChoicesGamesUnderstandingChallengesModernHonestObjectsConversationSexualityIntimacyEnlightenedEroticProvocativeMulticulturalIntricacy Author:Esther Perel
“A lot of directors idealize their leading ladies or turn them into these objects of sexuality and beauty.” TurnsObjectsDirectorsSexualityLeading Ladies Author:Diane Kruger