sexual-rights-are-173dea12.md (816B)
1 --- 2 attributed: false 3 author: 'Leïla Slimani' 4 cover: 'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Leïla_Slimani_%28cropped%29.jpg' 5 date: '2020-02-18' 6 draft: false 7 lang: 'en' 8 misattributed: false 9 path: '/sexual-rights-are-173dea12' 10 tags: ['Human rights', 'Sexual rights'] 11 title: '[S]exual rights are a part of human rights' 12 unverified: false 13 --- 14 15 # *[S]exual rights are a part of human rights; these are not minor rights, small boons that we can do without. To practise one's sexual citizenship, to do with our bodies as we see fit, to lead a sex life without risk, one that brings pleasure and is free from coercion: these are fundamental needs and rights that ought to be inalienable and guaranteed for all.* 16 — Leïla Slimani, <cite><abbr title="ISBN-13: 9780571355051">Sex and Lies</abbr></cite>.