History Main / SexIsLiberation

* Billy in ''Film/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''.

Like SexIsGood and EverybodyHasLotsOfSex, this trope was initially a reaction against more cautious fictional portrayals of sex and particularly SexIsEvil. Also like those tropes, this one often runs into UnfortunateImplications because in RealLife sex is not a magical self-esteem cure and treating it like such is a road that almost always leads to disappointment.

* In the Film/CabinFever fanfic, ''Fanfic/CabinFeverPartingShot'', Paul has been hopelessly in love with Karen since junior high, but has never been able to break out of the friendzone. He feels liberated after a series of casual encounters with Marcy teaches him to enjoy the simple thrill of having sex with a beautiful woman for what it is.

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* In ''Film/DangerousBeauty'', Veronica confesses that she "embraced a whore's freedom over a wife's obedience." The idea that Veronica, as a courtesan, that is, a [[HighClassCallgirl High Class Prostitute]], enjoys much more freedom, resources, and power than do the wives of Venice's aristocrats, is one of the main themes of the film.

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* This is very much true for Beatrice Löwenström in ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}'' by Creator/SimonaAhrnstedt. It's very justified too as she really fits into the "is a virgin, lives a strict life, is bullied by people close to her" description from above. As she comes from a very uptight upper middle class background in the 1880s, she had even been taught to consider her body as something sinful, that should be hidden and controlled. Her love interest Seth has to teach her otherwise...

* A {{Zigzagg|ingTrope}}ed version features as a theme in ''{{Literature/Tigana}}'' by Creator/GuyGavrielKay. There, the focus is on the relationship between conquered peoples and "an unstable sexuality"; how people rebel when they ''can't'' rebel. The idea that sex is one of the few things is it very hard for conquerors to take away, and that sex--especially unconventional or socially iffy sex (ie. incest and BDSM)--can be a outlet and a way for people to defy rules.

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* In ''Series/UpstairsDownstairs'' (set in TheGayNineties), the restless Elizabeth gets acquainted with suspicious folks, and an eager follower to their scandalous suffragette schemes and decided decadence, she starts to feel like SexIsLiberation. And as she quite wants to be liberated of her oldfashioned higher class background, she jumps in. It's not played for drama or fun, oddly enough, and most it means to the story is to illustrate how completely different Elizabeth and her peers are from the previous generation.

* A {{Zigzagg|ingTrope}}ed version features as a theme in ''{{Literature/Tigana}}'' by Creator/GuyGavrielKay. There, the focus is on the relationship between conquered peoples and "an unstable sexuality"; how people rebel when they ''can't'' rebel. The idea that sex is one of the few things is it very hard for conquerors to take away, and that sex--especially unconventional or socially iffy sex (ie. incest and BDSM)--can be a outlet and a way for people to defy rules.
->'''Guy Gavriel Kay''': The novelist Creator/MilanKundera fed my emerging theme of oppression and survival with his musings about the relationship between conquered peoples and an unstable sexuality: what I have called "the insurrections of night." The underlying ideas, for me, had to do with how people rebel when they ''can't'' rebel, how we behave when the world has lost its bearings, how shattered self-respect can ripple through to the most intimate levels of our lives.

* This is very much true for Beatrice Löwenström in ''Literature/{{Overenskommelser}}'' by ''Creator/Simona Ahrnstedt''. It's very justified too as she really fits into the "is a virgin, lives a strict life, is bullied by people close to her" description from above. As she comes from a very uptight upper middle class background in the 1880s, she had even been taught to consider her body as something sinful, that should be hidden and controlled. Her love interest Seth has to teach her otherwise...