There was a review of the sexuality education curriculum in New Zealand recently. I started getting a sense that they didn't have a clear idea of what they were talking about, so I wrote my list of purposes for sex:
- to make babies
- to hold the people together, who are raising one
- to decide who to make a baby with
- entertainment
- emergency stress relief
I'm out of (the 15 year old) fashion, because my list undercooks the search for authenticity and self-expression.
The zeitgeist culture has a crisis of human relationships. There are many parts of the equation, but sex is definitely one if them. Thank you for your analysis
You are wrong about the modern-day view on sex. It's not a demand, you're not supposed to feel guilty for not fulfilling your desires. If its a demand at all, it's a demand to not coerce or shame others into doing sex the way you would like them to.
Nevertheless, I think what you said is sage advice and exactly what I needed to hear at this time. Thank you.
I might be getting a little bit old. When I was young, like fifteen years ago, I think there was more pressure to be true to one's own desire. Now it is very possible that the taboo against pushing one's own desires on others is getting more pronounced.
Nonetheless, some people are persisting in shaming people for (supposedly) not fulfilling their own desires. Kat Rosenfield, for example. https://unherd.com/2022/11/demisexuals-are-scared-of-sex/ In that article she outrightly accuses people who do not accept to be seduced of being uptight and inhibited.
There was a review of the sexuality education curriculum in New Zealand recently. I started getting a sense that they didn't have a clear idea of what they were talking about, so I wrote my list of purposes for sex:
- to make babies
- to hold the people together, who are raising one
- to decide who to make a baby with
- entertainment
- emergency stress relief
I'm out of (the 15 year old) fashion, because my list undercooks the search for authenticity and self-expression.
"Less dangerous because a fling between the wrong people could no longer destabilize the politics of a country." Hilarious and true
The zeitgeist culture has a crisis of human relationships. There are many parts of the equation, but sex is definitely one if them. Thank you for your analysis
You are wrong about the modern-day view on sex. It's not a demand, you're not supposed to feel guilty for not fulfilling your desires. If its a demand at all, it's a demand to not coerce or shame others into doing sex the way you would like them to.
Nevertheless, I think what you said is sage advice and exactly what I needed to hear at this time. Thank you.
I might be getting a little bit old. When I was young, like fifteen years ago, I think there was more pressure to be true to one's own desire. Now it is very possible that the taboo against pushing one's own desires on others is getting more pronounced.
Nonetheless, some people are persisting in shaming people for (supposedly) not fulfilling their own desires. Kat Rosenfield, for example. https://unherd.com/2022/11/demisexuals-are-scared-of-sex/ In that article she outrightly accuses people who do not accept to be seduced of being uptight and inhibited.