I have a friend who is a sex freelance journalist writing for everyone from the NYT to Playboy and she’s been outspoken recently around a neo-puritan movement by younger generations.

People aren’t having as much sex, have a lot more hangups about sex, are uncomfortable with sex depicted in media, etc.

This image didn’t even contain nudity - it’s a crop of the original that’s in question.

There are broader social impacts for seemingly innocuous efforts like these, and I don’t know it’s all that healthy for us to be constantly self-thought policing when it comes to sex. Those attitudes seem to be moving beyond the immediate focus and into general attitudes and behaviors around sexual hangups.

We’re seeing “purity culture”-like mentality infecting people who weren’t even raised in oppressive religious contexts.