Sexual Revolution In Sandstone Retreat

By Rosella Campbell


As modernity ages, several changes takes place. So much with all too familiar social revolutions way from the past like industrial revolution and all, modernity gave rise to the all too conservative talk of the sexual revolution. Speaking about sexuality, it is by nature human, so basically, people are inclined to it. And speaking of the culture there is during this time, some individuals find the rules of sexual behavior too preventive.

That is why during the 1960s, John Williamson, together with his wife Barbara started the new ideal for the sexual behavior. Now, there is one living structure catering to this ideal and that is the Sandstone retreat. This is basically a project which he built for the purpose of research and by initializing his proposal for sexual revolution.

Nowadays, seeing as sexuality has become more and more out of place, Williamson initiated a new belief which is to take sexual act in a more positive manner. With this, they changed the usual connotation of the norms and taboos. Basically, his wife and he both have the same belief that is why though they changed partners, their relationship is not strained.

Basically, this is what he would like to change in the context of sexuality. It is for humans to change their attitude toward sex and realized the importance of sexual freedom. With it is the idea of not being possessive with their partners. Basically, they believed that the world would become a more peaceful place without any constraint in this.

Speaking of this, it is the goal of this retreat is to make folks understand and train them to accept the idea to be a usual inclination. So it offered seminars which talk about human bonding, relationships and sexuality. That is why in Sandstone, individuals who take the retreat are all nude and free to conduct any sexual inclination they feel at the moment.

In this place, conservatism is totally out of place, and liberty the main concept. This is why as many as five hundred people every weekends gather at this venue to swap spouses and engage in group sex. But according to Williamson, this is all optional. According to him, he just wanted to give folks a natural setting where they can connect with their being.

But then due to the controversial culture, they gained the attention of the media. But then even though they have explained their goal, some things just did not make sense to certain individuals. That is because the very basic feeling of true love between conjugal relationship has never once vanished.

True enough, sexuality has worsened its condition nowadays due to the many influences there are in the society such as television programs which arouse the sex drive of individuals resulting to a lot of misgiving and diruptions with relationships and the peace with the norms. Aside from that, the incompetence of parenthood and the corrupt attitude of people lead to the situation nowadays.

These things are basically the reason why the situation of today worsened. But then even if one says that practices such as this will do good, it is still not approvable for individuals with pure love. That is because the norms about this were made for the good of people in the majority. That is why conjugal relationship is never meant to be shared.




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