According to Osho, sex became taboo because power-seeking priests and politicians saw sexual energy as humanity’s strongest, most liberating force. By repressing it—through guilt, fear, and delayed permission—they weakened people, diverted their vitality, and made them obedient “oxen” fit for exploitation. Sexual repression, he says, is the cornerstone of social control; freeing love/sex restores dignity, strength, and true freedom.
Leaders called sex bad to drain people’s natural life-energy so they’d be easier to control.