The glass of water theory is a doctrine affirming that in communist society the satisfaction of sexual desires and love will be as simple and unimportant as drinking a glass of water.[1] The theory is commonly associated with Alexandra Kollontai, although such characterization ignores the complexity of her theoretical work.[2][3] Anatoly Lunacharsky criticised the theory in his article "On Everyday Life: Young People and the 'Glass of Water' Theory".[4] The place theory held in the Soviet ideological framework was replaced by 12 Sexual Commandments of the Revolutionary Proletariat by Aron Zalkind.[5]
1929 is considered the year of the end of the Bolshevik sexual revolution and the theory of the glass of water as the basis of this revolution. However, a number of researchers in the history of the sexual revolution in the USSR argue that the sexual revolution formally ended in 1935 with the advent of a formal law criminalizing pornography.[6]
References edit
- ^ Clara Zetkin. "Lenin on the Women's Question". marxists.org. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Georgy Manaev, Daniel Chalyan (14 May 2018). "How sexual revolution exploded (and imploded) across 1920s Russia". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ Ebert, Teresa (1999) "Alexandra Kollontai and Red Love"
- ^ Lunacharsky, "О БЫТЕ:МОЛОДЕЖЬ И ТЕОРИЯ „СТАКАНА ВОДЫ"" ("On Everyday Life: Young People and the "Glass of Water" Theory)
- ^ ""Поменьше полового разнообразия"". 21 October 2011.
- ^ http://www.consultant.ru/cons/cgi/online.cgi?req=doc&base=ESU&n=31380#HVHst7Tkh6cNO5gB
External links edit
- Andrew (May 14, 2020). "The theory of a glass of water". Wix.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.