“An astute reassessment of what empowered sex means in an imperfect world ... [A] perceptive critique of a binary consent culture in which good sex is made to be more about avoiding harm than experiencing pleasure. Well-reasoned and complex, it’s a vital addition to an important cultural conversation." - Red Starred Review, Publisher’s Weekly

“Thoughtful and refreshing… Sex Beyond “Yes” dvances a vistion of sex that is mutially fulfilling and respectful; more radically, it offers an affable defense of a good that our puritanical culture threatens to extinguish at every turn: pleasure, in all its glorious and indominable disorder.” - Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post

“An intelligent and empowering guide towards increased self-determination within sexual relations.” - Kirkus Reviews

Sex Beyond “Yes”: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone

Philosopher Quill R Kukla questions traditional notions of consent in this honest, humanistic reimagining of what it means to have pleasurable, ethical, and respectful sex.

Releasing from W. W. Norton & Co. on September 2. Preorder it now in the United States, Canada, Europe, and many other parts of the world!

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Here are some of my other academic and popular writings about sex!

“That’s What She Said: The Language of Sexual Negotiation”, Ethics 2018

“Sex Talks” , Aeon 2019

“A Nonideal Theory of Sexual Consent”, Ethics 2021

“Sexual Ethics for Virtual Cyborgs” (with Dan Steinberg), German version, Sexuologie 2025

“Consensual Sex as an Intimate Joint Activity”, Analysis 2024.

Watch and listen to me talk about sexual agency, pleasure, and consent!

“Consent to sex in a nonideal world,” conversation with Kate Greasley, 2024

“Agency, Ambivalence, and Consent,” lecture at Simon Fraser University, 2024