ABSTRACT
From disease prevention, fear and risk-based approaches to sex-positive and pleasure-based approaches to sex, health and equity – this chapter provides a rollercoaster ride along the pathways that led to greater acknowledgement of the liberatory nature of good sex. Using a personal narrative and the story of their passion project, The Pleasure Project, the authors lay out the arguments for how and why pleasure is essential for a world where sexual liberation prioritises pleasure, consent and that sexual rights are fulfilled, and erotic justice upheld. Learning from the experiences of sex workers, sex educators and artists, the writings of intersectional feminists and decolonisation experts, and building allies with porn film makers, Anne and Arushi build up towards a manifesto for an erotically just world, where getting in touch with what we want from our sex lives might unearth much broader visions of liberation.
