Crude Quote by Havelock Ellis

I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.

— Mary Wollstonecraft

Profanation and violation are part of the perversity of sex, which never will conform to liberal theories of benevolence. Every model of morally or…

— Camille Paglia

Could it be that sexual perversion and romanticism sprang from the same longing for distant horizons?

— Colin Wilson

“I do believe that the emphasis on egalitarian and respectful sex—purged of any expressions of power, aggression, and transgression—is antithetical to erotic desire for…

— Esther Perel

Intellectual sodomy, which comes from the refusal to be simple about plain matters, is as gross and abundant today as sexual perversion and they…

— Edward Dahlberg

“Sexual feeling is distinct from affection, even though they often conspire, but this fact runs against the grain of classic feminist arguments.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“At the heart of the pain created by sexual rejection is our habit of interpreting it as a moral judgement, when it might more…

— Alain de Botton

Part of the sexual revolution is bringing rationality to sexuality - because when you don't embrace sexuality in a normal way, you get the…

— Hugh Hefner

We must reckon with the possibility that something in the nature of the sexual instinct itself is unfavorable to the realization of complete satisfaction.

— Sigmund Freud

I am attempting to move away from the exclusionary practices of feminist theory, particularly anti-pornography rhetoric, in order to amplify the discussion about the…

— Barbara Degenevieve

My theory is the spectrum: there's a spectrum of sexuality.

— Lauren Jauregui

“The public debate plays out in an infinite regress of blame over who’s responsible for those who fail to fit the standard erotic mold.…

— Jesse Bering