{"id":15448,"date":"2018-11-01T09:30:52","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T04:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak?p=15448"},"modified":"2019-03-22T21:30:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T16:00:42","slug":"mental-sexual-health-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/mental-sexual-health-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Brushstrokes: How Ideas of Purity Damage Our Mental Sexual Health (And Happiness)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Purity and pleasure \u2013 two eternally contentious notions considered mutually exclusive and untenable in the eyes of morality. In the oppressive hierarchies of the caste system, it is through food this contention is highlighted, wherein what is considered \u201cpure\u201d is a rejection of pleasure, almost a show of utilitarianism and abstinence. And in understandings of sex, too, a similar pattern of belief is perpetuated \u2013 that it is utilitarian; meant solely for reproduction rather than affirming personal pleasure and attraction. How, then, can one shed such harmful modes of thinking around sex, sexuality, and sexual purity, and work towards not only a greater self-awareness, but positive sexual mental health? Agents of Ishq explains, with their informative comic on <em>How Ideas of Purity Damage Our Mental Sexual Health (And Happiness).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15454\" src=\"https:\/\/tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-768x1024-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1-768x1024-525x700.png 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15461\" src=\"https:\/\/tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/2-525x700.png 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15456\" src=\"https:\/\/tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3-768x1024-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3-768x1024-525x700.png 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15458\" src=\"https:\/\/tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-768x1024-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/5-768x1024-525x700.png 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15459\" src=\"https:\/\/tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6-768x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6-768x1024-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/6-768x1024-525x700.png 525w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more:<a href=\"https:\/\/agentsofishq.com\/ideas-purity-damage-mental-sexual-health-happiness\/\"> https:\/\/agentsofishq.com\/ideas-purity-damage-mental-sexual-health-happiness\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i><em>We\u00a0curate videos and images based on our monthly theme, and credit and link back to\u00a0their original source.\u00a0<\/em><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How, then, can one shed such harmful modes of thinking around sex, sexuality, and sexual purity, and work towards not only a greater self-awareness, but positive sexual mental health? 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