Gayle S. Rubin’s article “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality” discusses in detail the matter of sexuality and how it’s not something that can be or should be in any way controlled by either the government or the society. The text also engages with the legal restraints that were put on an individual's sexuality at some point in the past and how they were formed as part of a political plan. These restrictions were justified by several baseless theories and in the name of sexual education, children were provided by pointless and mundane lectures that led to basically no point whatsoever. Rubin also throws lights on the fact that the rights we’re more or less able to enjoy today are something that were completely unfeasible in the past. People were punished if they fell in love with someone from the same gender and even the basic right of pleasuring oneself was dismissed. Homosexuality was termed a disease and people were not allowed to feel. Sexual transformation is briefly talked about and has been explained in a manner so as to put forward a clear idea of the social ramifications it brings along. In conclusion, Gayle’s text pushes us to think that sexuality is a thing that is personal or intimate and shouldn’t be under the scrutiny of the state or the society.
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