As our conversations around sex evolve, so too has the prevalence of women deliberately turning away from sex. “I didn’t realise I had been dissatisfied with men until I started exploring sexual pleasure on my own,” one woman tells writer Chloe Laws. I’m celibate because I was unhappy with how nominal sex had become,” admits another. Ahead, we explore the complex and varied reasons more women are choosing celibacy – from political motivations and healing from trauma to reassessing life priorities.