I'm rather of the opinion that the term "sex cult" is redundant. Eventually (usually sooner rather than later) every cult becomes a sex cult. In fact, I think it's a pretty good test to determine if what you are dealing with is in fact a cult, even if it doesn't purport to be religious. For example, I was a bit taken aback when I discove…
I'm rather of the opinion that the term "sex cult" is redundant. Eventually (usually sooner rather than later) every cult becomes a sex cult. In fact, I think it's a pretty good test to determine if what you are dealing with is in fact a cult, even if it doesn't purport to be religious. For example, I was a bit taken aback when I discovered how much of the radical leftist student movements of the late 60s and 70s (Black Panthers, Weather Underground, etc.) were permeated by intentionally transgressive group sex sessions, but if step back and accept the notion that what they were was fundamentally a separatist cult, it begins to make sense.
I'm rather of the opinion that the term "sex cult" is redundant. Eventually (usually sooner rather than later) every cult becomes a sex cult. In fact, I think it's a pretty good test to determine if what you are dealing with is in fact a cult, even if it doesn't purport to be religious. For example, I was a bit taken aback when I discovered how much of the radical leftist student movements of the late 60s and 70s (Black Panthers, Weather Underground, etc.) were permeated by intentionally transgressive group sex sessions, but if step back and accept the notion that what they were was fundamentally a separatist cult, it begins to make sense.