Sex.Re.Dist.

MIHÁLY SCHWECHTJE

SEX.RE.DIST.

Theater: Örkény Színház

Premiere: 13.05.2022.

Cast:

György Bajomi Nagy
István Ficza
Bettina Józsa
Éva Kerekes
Milán Vajda

Dramaturg: Gábor Németh
Lyrics: Zsolt Máthé
Set Design: Imola Láng
Costume Design: Kristina Ignjatovic
Music: Bence Farkas
Lighting: Csaba Andor Balogh
Prompter: Csilla Mészáros
Director’s Assistant, Stage Manager: Henrietta Kovács

Writer, Director: Mihály Schwechtje

Recommended for viewers aged 16 and above!

The performance is played in one act and runs approximately 1 hour 45 minutes.

One of the most debated public topics of recent years has been the so-called Theory of Sexual Redistribution, introduced by economist Robin Hanson, a researcher at Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute. The theory gained attention after it was revealed that the Toronto van attacker was motivated by his lack of success with women. Hanson’s reasoning attempts to apply the principles of social justice to sexual redistribution, treating sexual needs as a fundamental right. Based on this premise, he suggests providing access to sex for men who are deprived in this area due to societal inequities. His proposals include monetary compensation for those suffering from a lack of sex and the provision of sex robots to those in need for medical reasons. He justifies this by citing numerous attackers, terrorists, and men displaying deviant social behavior whose fundamental life problem was revealed to be sexual frustration.

Hanson’s thought experiment was adopted by the so-called Incel movement, composed of men living in involuntary celibacy who refer to themselves as omega males. They advocate against the perceived injustices of sexual relationships and mate selection. Briefly put, they claim that first-order alpha males and second-order beta males monopolize all the women, leaving omega males unfulfilled and sexually frustrated.

In our play—crafted from a predefined narrative framework and enriched with actors’ improvisations—we attempt to imagine a world where sexual redistribution becomes a reality.