sex-negative

English

Adjective

sex-negative (comparative more sex-negative, superlative most sex-negative)

1. Having a generally negative view of sexuality; seeking to repress and control libido; (in particular) seeking to ban sex work, pornography, and kinky or unusual kinds of sex.

   Antonym: sex-positive

   • 1988, John Money, Gay, Straight, and In-between, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 177:

     The sexual climate produced by a war on pornography is a sex-negative climate, and its antisexualism permeates society.

   • 2012, Richard McAnulty, editor, Sex in College: The Things They Don't Write Home About, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 246:

     In North America, sexual values tend to be sex-negative and thus contribute to the development of sexual difficulties.

Related terms

• sex-negativity