We want your stories! Hieronyvision’s launch explores the topic of LOVE & SEX. Our multi-platform documentary series looks at how relationships and sexuality have undergone massive changes in the 21st century. We’re telling stories we think are interesting or personal to the creators, but there’s so much more we haven’t been able to cover. That’s where you come in. Send us your original videos or user-generated content and we might include it in our series. Got a vlog about your experiences with online dating? Great! Have you been wanting to make an experimental video about the history of sexuality? Awesome! Watch our early episodes in the series to get an idea of what it’s about. Then check out the FAQs for more guidelines and licensing terms. We’re building a new community of storytellers, and we are excited for you to be a part of it.

If we're not undergoing a sexual revolution now, we soon will be. Historically, sexual revolutions have occurred in times of great social upheaval and disruption. The insane pace of technology and the aftermath of a destabilizing economic crisis arguably set the stage for sweeping change in sexual conventions. Attitudes about homosexuality, sexual fluidity and gender identity have noticeably shifted, especially among younger generations. The changing conceptions about sexual harassment and sexual assault have also created a new atmosphere in which men and women reexamine their traditional roles. All of this suggests that we are in the middle of a sexual revolution, whether or not we choose to be aware of this fact.

What about those other historical sexual revolutions? The most famous began in the 1960's and continued through the 1980's. Before that, most historian point to the aftermath of World War I and the 1920's as a time when attitudes towards sex, particularly how women presented their own sexuality, changed dramatically. Going further back into history, the philosophy of the Enlightenment criticized traditional religious authorities and challenged humans to reexamine their ideas about morality, including (but not necessarily preoccupied with) sex. However, while publicly stated attitudes towards sex and sexuality may have veered towards repression and religious authority, a longer view of history suggests that sexual revolutions may actually be the rule, not the exception. Greek and Roman sexual practices were famously open, especially towards sexual preference. Even the Medieval period may have been more freewheeling than we imagine, as any reader of Chaucer or Boccaccio would point out.