• wuffah@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    In general, authoritarian power structures reclaim sexuality in order to “sell” it back to you as a reward for supporting the system: Capitalism literally sells it to you, Religion grants it to you for creating more adherents, and the State allows it when beneficial to its interests.

    If you want to understand a social system, look to the ways in which it seeks to inhibit or control sexuality.